Quotes by Richard Rogers

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Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture.
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Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of ...

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I love cities, I spend most of my life talking about cities. And the design of cities does have an effect on your life. You're lucky if you can see trees out of your window and you have a square nearby, or a bar, a cornershop, a surgery. Then you're ...

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There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradi...

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Education in British schools isn't good enough. It's not remotely imaginative enough. It lets down too many children, excluding them from society, and, as I've often said, people who are excluded from society tend to express themselves in ways not ac...

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The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

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One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They're proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy.

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I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down.

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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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I remember my mother taking me to see the Picasso show in the 1940s, and I was impressed by the life and vibrancy of it all. It was a bit too avant-garde for most Londoners at the time, but since then, the city has become a centre for modern culture.

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'Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new.

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Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.

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I believe very much in a dialogue between buildings - I believe it's always been there. I think buildings have different identities and live very well next to each other. We always have the shock of the new, and that's fine. The renaissance style is ...

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I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

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My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

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I love my job. What would I retire to?

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It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way.

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I don't believe in the ownership of work.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Rogers
  • DescriptionBritish architect
  • AliasesRichard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside; Richard George Rogers; The Lord Rogers of Riverside
  • BornJuly 23, 1933
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionArchitect; Politician
  • WorksKleanthis Vikelidis Stadium; Millennium Dome; NTV Tower
  • AwardsPritzker Architecture Prize; Royal Gold Medal; Praemium Imperiale