Richard Rogers
Overview
Order of the Companions of Honour
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Knight Bachelor
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FRIBA
Royal Institute of British Architects
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FCSD
Chartered Society of Designers
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(born 23 July 1933) is a British architect
Architect
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noted for his modernist and functionalist
Functionalism (architecture)
Functionalism, in architecture, is the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building. This statement is less self-evident than it first appears, and is a matter of confusion and controversy within the profession, particularly in regard to modern...
designs.
Rogers is perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre
Centre Georges Pompidou
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in Paris
Paris
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, the Lloyd's building
Lloyd's building
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and Millennium Dome
Millennium Dome
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both in London
London
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, and the European Court of Human Rights building
European Court of Human Rights building
The building of the European Court of Human Rights is located in the European Quarter of Strasbourg, France. It was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership and Claude Buche and was completed in 1994.-Design:...
in Strasbourg
Strasbourg
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. He is a winner of the RIBA Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal
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, the Thomas Jefferson Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize
Stirling Prize
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, the Minerva Medal
Chartered Society of Designers
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and Pritzker Prize
Pritzker Prize
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.
Rogers was born in Florence
Florence
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in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture
Architectural Association School of Architecture
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in London, before graduating with a master's degree
Master's degree
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from the Yale School of Architecture
Yale School of Architecture
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in 1962.
