Architect – Lord Richard George Rogers

Lord Richard George Rogers was born in Florence (Tuscany). He is the winner of the RIBA Gold Medal, the Thomas Jefferson Medal, the RIBA Stirling Price, the Minerva Medal, and the Pritzker Prize. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1991. In 2015 he was the recipient of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) J.C. Nichols Prize for visionaries in Urban Development. You may remember that he worked with Renzo Piano on the Pompidou Centre.


The Lloyd’s of London Building was constructed in 1986. It’s cutting edge design set in the traditional financial district of London had a similar reaction to the Pompodou Centre in Paris. Like the Pompidou Centre, the buildings service functions are outside.

The Law Courts for the City of Antwerp were opened in 2006. One first notices the striking roofline. The interior is designed to make maximum use of natural light and make use of natural ventilation supplemented by low-velocity ventilation.

The three towers on Sydney’s Barangaroo waterfront were constructed in a previously disused waterfront. They are angled in such a manner to maximixe sunlight and views. Red and yellow filligreed fins shelter the windows from direct sunlight.

The Bordeaux Law Courts, Bordeaux, France were completed in 1998. The most striking element of this design are the seven courtroom pods clad in cedar wood visible from all angles. The concept was to demonstrate transparency in the judicial system.

Chiswick Park is built around a large lake. Each building has a canopied walkway leading to the entrances. The complex consists of twelve buildings. Again a heavy use of glazing provides vast amounts of natural light.

Designed in 1989 in partnership with Claude Bucher – the European Court of Human Rights building. The concept prescibed that it be landmark but not a monument and that transparency of the law be depicted.

The yet to be built International Spy Museum in Washington DC will be in the shape of an upside down trapezoid.

Built in 2008 Terminal 5 of London Heathrow Terminal is the largest freestanding complex in the United Kingdom.

Terminal 4 at the Madrid Barajas Airport was completed in 2014. It has been honoured with the Stirling Prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The Millennium Dome in Greenwich Peninsula in South East London was constructed in 2000 to showcase an exhibition celetrating the start of the third millennium.

Neo Bankside was completed in 2012. The bracing system used outside reduces the structural need inside. The complete project creates a synergistic design which echoes its more industrial past.

Transparency is once again the key design element in the New National Assembly of Wales.

The Taoyuan Airport in Taipei is to be completed in 2020. With the capacity to host 45 million passengers a year it is expected to be one of the bussiest airport terminals in the world.

The Deptford Project – This eight storey residential building consists of transparent and opaque panels. Some in bright colours some gray.