Quotes by Richard Rogers
Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH FRIBA FCSD FREng RA is a British-Italian architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. Rogers is perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome both in London, the Senedd in Cardiff, and the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg. He is a winner of the RIBA Gold Medal, the Thomas Jefferson Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize, the Minerva Medal and Pritzker Prize.
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.
Conservation & Environment Protection0I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work.
0Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.
0Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish.
0There 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 paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.
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