richard rogers to retire from the firm he founded 43 years ago

richard rogers, the architect behind projects such as the pompidou centre in paris and the millennium dome in london, has announced that he will retire from rogers stirk harbour + partners (RSHP) — the firm he founded more than 40 years ago. rogers was the recipient of the RIBA gold medal in 1985 and in 2000 received the praemium imperiale prize for architecture. in 2007, he was awarded the pritzker prize, acknowledged to be the profession’s highest honor, cementing his status as one of the world’s most respected and admired architects.

image © ben blossom (also main image)

according to the guardian, richard rogers’ name will be removed from the firm of rogers stirk harbour + partners in the coming months. ‘I am going to retire in a short time,’ rogers told the british newspaper. RSHP will continue to exist and will be led by current partners graham stirk and ivan harbour.

from left to right: richard rogers, graham stirk, and ivan harbour
image © ben blossom

richard rogers began his career by setting up a small practice with norman foster. after this collaboration came to an end, rogers completed one of his first major projects — a residence for his parents in wimbledon, south london. then, after joining forces with italian architect renzo piano, rogers won the design competition for the pompidou centre in 1971. after working with piano, rogers established the richard rogers partnership in 1977, the firm that would later became rogers stirk harbour + partners. rogers completed london’s lloyd’s building — another of his landmark projects — in 1986 and the millennium dome, now known as the O2 arena, in 1999. more recently RSHP completed tower 3 of the new world trade center in new york.

video courtesy of rogers stirk harbour + partners

in 2017, RSHP celebrated its 10th anniversary with a video that can be viewed above. see more projects by the firm below, and on our dedicated page here.

T4 madrid barajas airport
image © richard bryant / arcaid

maggie’s centre in west london / read more about the project here
image © richard bryant / arcaid

Y: cube in mitcham, south west london / read more about the project here
image by jenny stephens / RSHP

prouvé house, france / read more about the project here
image by nicolas bergerot © galerie patrick seguin and RSHP