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the world renowned architect richard rogers, who was behind some of the most striking buildings of the past half century, has died at the age of 88. he gained international attention in the nineteen seventies with the pompidou centre in paris and other works included the millennium dome in london. our correspondent david sillito looks back on his life. it s hard to exaggerate what a shock this building was. the pompidou centre s facade, with its confusion of pipes, ducts and external corridors, was revolutionary the work of renzo piano and a young british architect called richard rogers. the building itself is inside out. in other words, what you usually see inside, which are those long, dank, dark corridors which you have in big institutional buildings and it is an institution, theoretically, though i dislike the word, it s an institution there s long, dark corridors on the outside. they re actually the fun. the inside out design made the interior airy and open and equally impor

Richard rogersPompidou centreNineteen seventiesIn parisCentral londonDavid sillitoMillennium domeInside outRenzo piano anda young britishDark corridorsBig institutional buildingsPublic space outsideInterior airyInside out design