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Richard Rogers - Stirling Prize 2006 winner: Barajas Airport European Terminal, Madrid, Spain - winner ![]() Credit: Amparo Garrido, Copyright: The Photographer Richard Rogers: Madrid Airport Shortlisted: National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK Building News: 1 Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, west London for Candy Brothers European Law Courts, Antwerp, Belgium 2006 Belgian Project Mossbourne Community Academy, 100 Down's Park Road, Hackney, east London completed 2005 122 Leadenhall Street, London, England, UK Las Arenas - Barcelona Bull Ring Redevelopment on site 2006 Capodichino underground station redevelopment, Naples, Italy 2006- Italian Project Canary Wharf RS1, Canary Wharf, east London 1988- 214m / 702ft Heron Quays West Tower 1, Canary Wharf 214m / 702ft East Darling Harbour Masterplan, Sydney, Australia - 5 finalists incl. Richard Rogers Partnership Riverside South development - two towers, Canary Wharf 2007- Bracknell Town Centre Regeneration, Berkshire, England £750m with Chapman Taylor Architects Richard Rogers - Project Announcement 2005/06: Extension to & refurbishment of Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, New York 1979-86 originally by I M Pei & Partners, Architects Richard Rogers Architects designing a £725m masterplan for 25 acre Cambridge railway station area - entitled the CB1 Scheme - for the Ashwell Property Group: flats, offices, hotels, public square, bus interchange, county heritage centre and shops: planning submission rejected Apr 2006. Richard Rogers once taught architecture in Cambridge. Richard Rogers Partnership - deleted project: Central Library Birmingham, central England 2002-06: not built £180m Birmingham Library Competition 2006 We feature four key projects by this celebrated London-based architect: a classic Richard Rogers building The Pompidou Centre in Paris, a recent UK project, the Glasgow Bridge, the Millennium Dome, London and the Lloyds Building London. Background on the Architect Richard was a key member of the British Hi-Tech movement alongside Norman Foster. With Foster and James Stirling, Rogers was often portrayed in the Eighties as one of three dominant British architects working across the globe. Other Hi-Tech architects were Nicholas Grimshaw (originally with Terry Farrell), Chris Wilkinson and Richard Horden. The first major Richard Rogers building, completed with celebrated Italian architect, Renzo Piano: Centre George Pompidou / Pompidou Centre Rue Beaubourg, Paris IVe, France 1976 Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano Architects ![]() Pompidou Building, Paris: ducts image © adrian welch Radical for its time with service ducts expressed on the exterior and all structure glamourised and articulated externally where possible. The architectural realisation of some Archigram ideas, with escalators providing dynamism to the main west facade. Half of the plot was given over to a rectilinear square which again added dynamism to the building. Also known as the Beaubourg Centre or simply The Pompidou. ![]() Pompidou Building, Paris: photo from the top © adrian welch Classic Richard Rogers building Our second Richard Rogers project, a competition win for a bridge in the UK: Clyde Pedestrian Bridge, Glasgow, Scotland Richard Rogers Partnership / Atkins Architects: This project was abandoned ![]() Glasgow Bridge Picture: Photo Credit Steve Hosey Graphics Richard Rogers : Glasgow Bridge Our third Richard Rogers project, a major London building: Millenniumn Dome, Greenwich, east London, UK Richard Rogers Partnership: ![]() Richard Rogers Building, London: image © adrian welch Richard Rogers : Tensile Structure Our fourth Richard Rogers project, after The Pompidou his next major building: Lloyds Building, City of London 1979-84 ![]() Richard Rogers Building, London: image © adrian welch Richard Rogers: Lloyd's Building, London Lloyds Register of Shipping, Fenchurch St, London EC3 2002 £70m Richard Rogers Partnership - Background: The Richard Rogers Partnership made their name with the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Their reputation for exuberant hi-tech architecture was cemented with Lloyds of London and latterly the Millennium Dome, also London. The Richard Rogers Partnership - Key Projects: Pompidou Centre (aka Beaubourg Centre), Paris, France Lloyds Building, City of London, UK Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London, UK Daiwa Building, City of London 1999 Headquarters for Channel 4 Television, London, UK Marks & Spencer, London, UK European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France Law Courts, Bordeaux, France Minami Yamashiro Primary School, Japan Madrid International Airport, Spain Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, London, UK National Assembly, Cardiff, Wales, UK Law Courts, Antwerp, Belgium Bullring complex, Barcelona, Spain London Architecture Barcelona Architecture Proposed Richard Rogers Projects: Commercial offices, Canary Wharf, London, UK Maggies London, Charing Cross Hospital : 2007 Grand Union Building, Paddington Basin, London, UK 122 Leadenhall Street office tower, City of London, UK Early Richard Rogers Projects (alphabetical): Minami-Yamashiro Elementary School, Kyoto, Japan - Billingsgate Securities Market, Lower Thames St, City of London, UK 1985-88 Channel 4 Headquarters, Horseferry Road, St James Park, West End, London 1991-94 Chiswick Park Building 5, west London, England - Kabuki-Cho, Tokyo, Japan 1990-93 LDDC Pump House, Tidal Basin Road, Royal Victoria Docks, east London 1987-88 Reuters Building, Commodity Quay, East Smithfield, east London 1989 £85m Richard Rogers Partnership Offices, west London 1993 Lifschutz Davidson Design & Richard Rogers Partnership Richard Rogers Partnership - RIBA Awards 1993 Regional Award : London Tradeston/Broomielaw bridge over the River Clyde - project abandoned: ![]() Glasgow Bridge Picture: Photo Credit Steve Hosey Graphics ![]() Glasgow Bridge: images from Richard Rogers Partnership Richard Rogers says, "Great! This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute to one of Europe's most vibrant cultural centres." Richard Rogers - Pritzker Prize winner 2007 Richard Rogers' Welsh Assembly has often been compared to the Scottish Parliament Building but despite controversies is much cheaper and smaller. World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Richard Rogers Architects page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Richard Rogers - Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1985 Richard Rogers Partnership buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website: www.richardrogers.co.uk |