Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH FRIBA FREngis a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth23 July 1933
CityFlorence, Italy
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Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client.
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Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport.
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When I started out, nearly every architect I knew was working in public practice; that's where the radical thinking was done. But, there's always a danger of looking back as our fathers did and saying, 'Things were better then.'
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A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.
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If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.
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If we are going to get the public and the specialists and politicians to come together, then the creation of Architectural Centres is vital.