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ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
Design Museum
London, United Kingdom

RICHARD ROGERS + ARCHITECTS – From The House To The City
24 April to 25 August 2008
Sponsored by Canary Wharf

One of the most influential British architects of our time, Richard Rogers has established himself and his
practice at the forefront of today’s architectural culture through such high-profile projects as the
Pompidou Centre, the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, the Millennium Dome, the National Assembly
for Wales and Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport.

Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City will present a detailed survey of Rogers’ work.
This spans the early years with Norman and Wendy Foster and Su Rogers at Team 4 in the 1960s and
designing the Pompidou Centre with Renzo Piano in the 1970s, to the establishment of Richard
Rogers Partnership – now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners – and the numerous projects designed
by the practice and built throughout the world over the past four decades.

The projects are arranged in colour-coded sections, with each ‘urban block’ evoking an architectural theme
which examines a range of projects through new and archive models, photographs, drawings and films.
In each thematic area – Transparent, Legible, Green, Lightweight, Public, Urban and Systems – projects
that are particularly representative of that theme are explored. Rogers’ early career and influences
are examined in an ‘Early Work’ section, and current projects by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners are featured
in a ‘Work in Progress’ section. Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City, designed by
Ab Rogers Design, will appear in the museum’s first floor gallery, with additional installations in the Design
Museum Tank, the café, and the ground floor atrium space.

Deyan Sudjic, Director of the Design Museum said: “Richard Rogers has had the most remarkable career
in British architecture. Beginning with an extraordinary family house in Cornwall, then changing the shape
of post-war architecture with the Pompidou Centre, and now heading up an international office that is busier
than ever. The Design Museum is delighted to stage this important exhibition, the first of Richard Rogers’
work in London since 1986.”

Richard Rogers said: “The Design Museum is part of contemporary London’s cultural revolution and one
of my favourite museums. I am delighted that our work will be shown there.”

Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City will visit the Design Museum as its first touring
destination, having opened at the Pompidou Centre, Paris in 2007 to international acclaim.

RICHARD ROGERS BIOGRAPHY + SELECTED PROJECTS

1933 Born in Florence, Italy to Anglo-Irish parents
1939 The family moves to England
1954 Begins studies at the Architectural Association in London
1959 Graduates from Architectural Association; travels to United States to join Yale University Master’s
programme
1963 Returns to the UK to found Team 4 with Su Brumwell and Norman and Wendy Foster
1966 Team 4’s first project is Creek Vean house in Cornwall
1967 Team 4 awarded Reliance Controls factory project in Swindon, Wiltshire
1977 Pompidou Centre, Paris, with Renzo Piano. Founds Richard Rogers Partnership with Marco Goldschmied
and Mike Davies
1978 Wins competition for Lloyd’s Building, London
1989 Wins competition for Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport
1997 Barajas Airport, Madrid
1998 Law Courts, Antwerp
1998 National Assembly for Wales
2003 The Fourth Grace, Liverpool
2006 Practice awarded Stirling Prize for Madrid Barajas Airport
2007 Rogers appointed Pritzker Prize Laureate 2007 Selector for 25/25 – Celebrating 25 Years of Design exhibition at the Design Museum 29 March - 22 June
2008 Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City exhibition opens at the Design Museum

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CREDITS:
Text: Design Museum London
Photographs:

1. Luke Hayes
2. Katsuhisa Kida
3. Katsuhisa Kida

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