Farewell to Richard Rogers. He created the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano

Italian-British architect Richard Rogers has died at the age of 88 in London. Among his most important achievements are the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which Rogers designed with Renzo Piano, the London headquarters of the Lloyd’s insurance company and the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg, and the Three World Trade Center in New York.

Considered among the pioneers of the high-tech movement, an architectural style that developed in the 1970s, his architectural creations are characterized by glass and steel structures and exposed piping.

He won the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2007; at the announcement of the award, jury chairman Lord Palumbo had said, “The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1971-1977), designed in collaboration with Renzo Piano, revolutionized museums, transforming what were once elite monuments into popular places of social and cultural exchange, woven into the heart of the city.”Thomas J. Pritzker, president of The Hyatt Foundation, said, “Born in Florence, Italy, and trained as an architect in London, at the Architectural Association, and later, in the United States at Yale University, Rogers has a vision as urban and expansive as his education. In his writings as well as in his large-scale planning work, Rogers is a champion of urban life and believes in the city’s potential as a catalyst for social change.”

Farewell to Richard Rogers. He created the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano

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