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Category: Richard Rogers

Architecture is a living thing. If I want to leave something to the future, it has to be able to change – but retain something of the ethos that we built up over 50 years.

Change, Future, Want

Architecture is always political.

Political, Always

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.

Art, Technology, History

Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower.

Business, Planning, City

Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.

Know, Older, Little

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Future, Past, You

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.

Light, Building, You

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

Aesthetic, Profit, Principle

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.

Life, Great, Passion

Architecture is about public space held by buildings.

Architecture, Buildings