I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

At that time his practice had secured a number of projects in New York including the redevelopment of the Silvercup Studios site a masterplan for the East River Waterfront and a commission for a $1. Early life and career

Rogers was born in Florence in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London before graduating with a master's degree from the Yale School of Architecture in 1962. Richard George Rogers Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD (born 23 July 1933) is an Italian-born Britisharchitect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs.

Rogers is perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris the Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome both in London and the European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg. Richard George Rogers Baron Rogers of Riverside CH Kt FRIBA FCSD (born 23 July 1933) is an Italian-born Britisharchitect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He is a winner of the RIBA Gold Medal the Thomas Jefferson Medal the RIBA Stirling Prize the Minerva Medal and Pritzker Prize.