Richard Rogers

architect, architecture, social history, future

Born 23 July 1933 in Florence, Italy. English citizen.

1959 -- Received his diploma from the Architectural Association School in London. Worked with the Middlesex County Council's architect's department before going to graduate school.

1961 -- Graduate studies at Yale University in the United States on a Fulbright scholarship.
Moved to San Francisco where he worked at the office of Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill.

1962 -- Returned to England to establish the firm of Team 4. Team 4 was an architectural office that consisted of husband-and-wife teams. The personnel included Richard and Su Rogers, and Norman & Wendy Foster.

1967 -- the firm Team 4 was dissolved and the Su & Richard Rogers Partnership was formed.

1971 -- Rogers formed a partnership with Renzo Piano that ended in 1977.

1977 -- Formed Richard Rogers Partnership Limited.

Wife: Ruth Rogers.

"Richard Rogers is the most extraordinary and controversial architect of his generation. In partnership with Renzo Piano he designed the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the most successful modern building in the world. In London he has built the new Lloyd's -- already hailed as the first example of great modern architecture in Britain". [jacket blurb, Richard Rogers -- A Biography ]

Designed the Alcazar in Marseilles, France.

He has taught at Yale, Cambridge, Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and other universities.

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