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• Lord Rogers of Riverside obituary

  19-12-2021 12:58
  
  Architect whose radically innovative buildings included the Pompidou Centre and the Lloyd’s of London buildingRichard Rogers, who has died aged 88, changed the face of urban Britain more than any other architect of the late 20th century. He was author of the groundbreaking Lloyd’s building in the City of London and the Pompidou Centre in Paris, but his impact was manifest less in his own buildings than in his influence on public policy, which saw a fundamental shift in the perception
  
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• Grassroots rebels: meet the ‘biophilics’ who are busy greening our cities

  19-12-2021 08:00
  
  ‘Biophilic’ urban designers are bringing nature directly into our lives, improving the environment and our mental and physical healthAs the year’s end approaches, cultural predictions for 2022 come thick and fast. In interiors and design, one trend is being flagged across the board, from Pinterest to Architectural Digest magazine – biophilic design. The idea, first coined in the 1970s, is that humans have an innate affinity with the natural world. Next year, biophilia see
  
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• Richard Rogers: Pompidou and Millennium Dome architect dies aged 88

  19-12-2021 05:07
  
  The British architect changed the London skyline with creations such as the Millennium Dome and the CheesegraterBritish architect Richard Rogers, known for designing some of the world’s most famous buildings including Paris’ Pompidou Centre, has died aged 88.Rogers, who changed the London skyline with distinctive creations such as the Millennium Dome and the ‘Cheesegrater’, “passed away quietly” Saturday night, Freud communications agency’s Matthew Freud
  
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