Cristina Portillo Torres

Cristina Portillo Torres Barcelona/ London Architect

RICHARD ROGER Richard Rogers In 1995, he ended up being the first architect to provide the BBC's annual Reith Lectures. This series of 5 talks, titled Lasting City, were later on adjusted into the book Cities for a Tiny Earth (Faber and also Faber: London 1997, ISBN 0-571-17993-2).

In 1998, Richard Rogers established the Urban Task Force with at the invite of the British government, to help determine root causes of city decline and develop a vision of safety and security, vigor, and also elegance of Britain's cities. This work led to a white paper, To an Urban Renaissance, describing greater than 100 suggestions for future city developers. Rogers likewise offered for several years as chair of the Greater London Authority panel for Architecture as well as Urbanism while residing in East Finchley, London. He has actually been chair of the board of Trustees of The Design Foundation.

Rogers is a coffee enthusiast as well as stays in London with his family members. From 2001 to 2008 he was a primary advisor on design as well as urbanism to Mayor of London Ken Livingstone; he was subseԛuently asked to continue his function as an advisor by new mayor Boris Johnson in 2008. He stood down from the message in October 2009. Rogers has likewise functioned as a consultant to 2 mayors of Barcelona on city techniques.

Because of his profession, he suches as traveling as well as visiting brand-new structures which truly assisted his career in layout

In the middle of this extra-curricular task, Rogers has actually continued to develop controversial and also renowned works. Probably one of the most renowned of these, the Millennium Dome, was designed by the Rogers practice together with engineering company Buro Happold and completed in 1999.