this is bbc news, the headlines: governments around europe are imposing tight restrictions in reaction to the rapid spread of the omicron covid variant. in the netherlands, the prime minister has announced a stringent lockdown. all non essential shops and stores will close until at least mid january as well as schools and colleges. the brexit minister lord frost has resigned with immediate effect. he said in a letter to the prime minister that he had concerns about the government s direction of travel, and was sad that the unlocking of covid restrictions had not been as irreversible as promised. the award winning architect, richard rogers has died at the age of 88. he was best known for his work on the pompidou centre in paris, the lloyd s building and millennium dome both in london, as well as the european court of human rights building in strasbourg. now on bbc news, saeeda mahmood, born and brought up
of his generation, has died. he was 88. he created some of the most talked about buildings of the last 50 years, including the pompidou centre in paris, with its facade of pipes and ducts and the equally startling lloyds building in london. more recently he was behind heathrow s terminal 5 and the millenium dome. our arts correspondent david sillito has been speaking to the leading british architect norman foster who has paid tribute to richard rogers. my my oldest and closest friend, collaborator, architect, humanist, extraordinary individual. for people who have may be only seen one or two of his buildings, what was it that he brought that was different from all the other thousands of architects? his own very personal thousands of architects? his own very personal signature - thousands of architects? his own very personal signature of - very personal signature of architecture, emma a generous
was the public space outside. this was 60s egalitarianism inspired by the piazzas of his home town, florence in italy. his parents had arrived in britain in the 30s. the young richard rogers struggled at school, he was dyslexic, but he got into art college and then trained as an architect where he met another future superstar of british architecture, norman foster. their high tech style, though, took a while to win favour. his inside out lloyd s building in london was not to everyone s taste. it s what his royal highness, the prince of wales, described as a carbuncle on the face of whatever you like to call it. but his moment had come. madrid airport with its huge bamboo roof won the stirling prize. the millennium dome was signature rogers, again, innovative technology to create a huge, flexible space. how you get from one place to the other.
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 important was the public space outside. this was 60s egalitarianism inspired by the piazzas of his home town, florence in italy. his parents had arrived in britain in the 30s. the young richard rogers struggled at school, he was dyslexic, but he got into art college and then trained as an architect where he met another future superstar of british architecture, norman foster. their high tech style, though, took a while to win favour. his inside out lloyd s building in london was not to everyone s taste. it s what his royal highness, the prince of wales, described as a carbuncle on the face of whatever you like to call it. but his moment had come. madrid airport with its huge bamboo roof won the stirl
by Dr Nihal D Amerasekera The Victoria Memorial Eye and Ear Hospital with its imposing architecture is an iconic landmark in Colombo. It faces the Lipton Circus, the roundabout named to remember Ceylon Tea that became famous all around the globe. This is now called the De Soysa Circus named after the philanthropist and entrepreneur […]