Richard Rogers, another famous architect who has a style of modernism and functionalism in his projects that wow`d the world. This British architect was born in Italy in 1933, where at at a young age he was diagnosed with dyslexia which he learned how to read at the late age of 11 years old. However, that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dreams as he went to Architectural Association School in London at the age of 20 after being in the army for 2 years. He decided to do architecture from the influence of artistic parents and mainly from his cousin, Ernesto Rogers a famous architect during the Second World War. He later graduated the school in 1959 with the Diploma of Architecture and married another architect named Su Brumwell the following year. He then flew off to the states to gain his Master`s degree in the Yale University School of Architecture where he completed it in 1962. In 1970, He later teamed up with Renzo Piano, an Italian Pritzker Prize-winning architect. After displaying a successful projects with Renzo Piano, which was the B & B Italia factory in Italy (1971-1973) and the Centre National d’Art et Culture Georges Pompidou in Paris (1971-1977), they gained worldwide praise and achievements through the high tech appearance for both of the buildings. Technology also had a main influence on Rogers’ style since he wanted technology to satisfy all levels of society. He eventually ended the partnership with Renzo Piano and started his own partnership called Richard Rogers Partnership all on the same year; 1978. In total he won 6 awards such as; The Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1985, the American Academy & Insitute of the Arts in 1989, in 1991 he was Knighted as the Lord Rogers of Riverside, Life Baron of the United Kingdom in 1996, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2006, and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2007.
Interior of Lloyd’s Building in London, Britain
Richard Rogers had done many successful projects mainly in England such as; the Millennium Dome in England, the One Hyde Park in London, London Heathrow Terminal 5, and 88 Wood Street in England. He’s even working on future projects such as creating the 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York. One of his works that grabbed me was called Lloyd’s Building (or called the “Inside-Out” Building) in London, England that was finished building at 1986. Used for commercial use, it is a 312 ft tall building with 14 floors in total. Lloyd’s of London Banking company had an architectural design competition for their future banking building, which included designs from Foster Associates and even I.M. Pei!! Eventually of course, Richard Rogers’ designs had won.
The building design itself was very modern and high-tech with contraptions such as having England’s first ever glass elevators and having the technical stuff built on the outside of the building such as; staircases, lifts, electrical wires, pipes, etc. Having these contraptions outside the building creates a feeling of having more interior space in the inside, thus giving the name of “the Inside-Out” building. The building mainly consists of 3 components; concrete, steel cladding, and glass. The glass and the steel frame mainly covered the outside buildings, which is a common factor used in today’s modern buildings.
Close up view
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