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" It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way. "
Richard Rogers
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" Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. "
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" Architects design buildings; that's what we do, so we have to go with the flow; and, even though I'm still an old Leftie, global capitalism does have its good side. It's broken down barriers - the Berlin Wall, the Soviet Union - it's raised a lot of people up economically, and for architects, it has meant that we can work around the world. "
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Flow
Work
Good
" Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client. "
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Key
Good
" Family is everything, although I've been fortunate enough to have worked with some of the most amazing minds over the years, including Renzo Piano, John Young, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour. "
Richard Rogers
Young
Minds
Amazing
" 'Be passionate about your work and your life' was instilled in me by my mother Dada, who was a potter. She also introduced me to the arts and encouraged me to embrace the new. "
Richard Rogers
Me
Work
She
" Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done. "
Richard Rogers
Ideas
You
Done
" My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. "
Richard Rogers
Life
People
Quality
" I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. "
Richard Rogers
Art
Over
Science
" So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state. "
Richard Rogers
Understand
Information
Think
" I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down. "
Richard Rogers
Pretty
Top
Think
" Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future. "
Richard Rogers
Build
Architecture
You
" Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. "
Richard Rogers
Little
Architecture
Know
" Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport. "
Richard Rogers
Car
Social
Local
" My parents always told me that nothing was impossible. "
Richard Rogers
Always
Nothing
Parents
" In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. "
Richard Rogers
Against
Sit
Like
" I am much more passionate about cities than I am about nations. The competition between cities is more civilised than between nations. There is an understanding there. "
Richard Rogers
I Am
Competition
More
" Cities are about juxtaposition. "
Richard Rogers
Cities
Juxtaposition
About
" I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work. "
Richard Rogers
Cousins
Family
Month
" I don't believe in the ownership of work. "
Richard Rogers
Ownership
Believe
Work
" Dyslexia, though, made me realise that people who say 'but you can't do that' aren't actually very important. I don't take 'no' too seriously. "
Richard Rogers
Important
People
You
" I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to read very late, when I was 11. Dyslexia wasn't recognized then, and the assumption was you were incapable of thinking. "
Richard Rogers
Stupid
Child
Confidence
" I love cities, I spend most of my life talking about cities. And the design of cities does have an effect on your life. You're lucky if you can see trees out of your window and you have a square nearby, or a bar, a cornershop, a surgery. Then you're living well. "
Richard Rogers
My Life
Love
Window
" I believe very much in a dialogue between buildings - I believe it's always been there. I think buildings have different identities and live very well next to each other. We always have the shock of the new, and that's fine. The renaissance style is totally different from the medieval, and they have a dialogue across time. "
Richard Rogers
Time
Live
New
" The Athenians had an oath for someone who was about to become a citizen. They had to swear that 'I shall leave the city not less but more beautiful than I found it.' "
Richard Rogers
Someone
Beautiful
City
" One of the things you see in New York is that offices keep their lights on at night. They're proud of their building. Great. But they must find another way to be proud without draining energy. "
Richard Rogers
Proud
Night
Great
" You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! "
Richard Rogers
Places
You
Many
" Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish. "
Richard Rogers
City
Walk
Beautiful
" Architecture is about public space held by buildings. "
Richard Rogers
Buildings
Space
Public
" Cities are about juxtaposition. In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like. In Bordeaux, we built law courts right next door to what is effectively a listed historic building, and that makes it exciting. "
Richard Rogers
Door
Right
Buildings
" There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity. "
Richard Rogers
Challenges
City
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