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Richard Rogers

1933 - 2021

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Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was a British-Italian architect noted for his modernist and constructivist designs in high-tech architecture. He was the founder at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership, until June 2020. After Rogers' retirement and death, the firm rebranded to simply RSHP on 30 June 2022. Rogers was perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Lloyd's building and Millennium Dome, both in London, the Senedd building, in Cardiff, and the European Court of Human Rights building, in Strasbourg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Rogers is the 87th most popular architect (down from 74th in 2019), the 1,051st most popular biography from Italy (down from 901st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Architect.

Richard Rogers is most famous for designing the Centre Pompidou, a museum in Paris, France.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Richard Rogers ranks 87 out of 518. Before him are Erich Mendelsohn, Philip Johnson, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Robert Venturi, Giuliano da Sangallo, and Louis Kahn. After him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Daniel Libeskind, Senenmut, Frei Otto, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Richard Rogers ranks 60. Before him are John Barry, Jerzy Grotowski, Jayne Mansfield, Ali Shariati, Stanley Milgram, and Sylva Koscina. After him are C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Jerzy Kosiński, Abolhassan Banisadr, Than Shwe, Ahmad al-Khatib, and Philip Zimbardo. Among people deceased in 2021, Richard Rogers ranks 51. Before him are Robert Mundell, Toshihide Maskawa, Carlos Reutemann, Sonny Chiba, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Colin Powell. After him are Chick Corea, Bernard Haitink, Abolhassan Banisadr, E. O. Wilson, Donald Rumsfeld, and Wilbur Smith.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Richard Rogers ranks 1,051 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Giuseppe Siri (1906), Blessed Gerard (1047), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512). After him are Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Vibia Sabina (86), Elsa Schiaparelli (1890), Guido Cavalcanti (1258), and Rachele Mussolini (1890).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Italy

Among architects born in Italy, Richard Rogers ranks 16. Before him are Aldo Rossi (1931), Michelozzo (1396), Guarino Guarini (1624), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548), and Giuliano da Sangallo (1445). After him are Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Filarete (1400), Baldassare Longhena (1596), and Filippo Juvarra (1678).

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