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 More Quotes by Richard Rogers More Quotes From Richard Rogers There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure. Richard Rogers long-ago confusion thinking 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 cottages way interesting If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does. Richard Rogers environmental doe country There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. Richard Rogers jewish-tradition tradition italian 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'. Richard Rogers just-saying quality way Today is much more an age of greed Richard Rogers greed age today Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. Richard Rogers courses architecture littles You have to modernise; you have to change - you can't just be traditional for the fun of being traditional. Richard Rogers being you change fun 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 city view challenges together Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future. Richard Rogers you future architecture past 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 think style time believe My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside. Richard Rogers look you architecture light I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face. Richard Rogers face i-am feeling you Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society. Richard Rogers climate-change details society change 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 go see family work 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. Richard Rogers good broken work people If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed. Richard Rogers something like remember country 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 down good think driving 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 more understand think information You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! Richard Rogers places know you environment
