more than left his mark. the richard rogers vision was of a city that was open, sociable, welcoming. the british architect richard rogers who s died at the age of 88. paul goldberger is a pulitzer prize winning architecture critic, here s what he had to say about richard rogers legacy. i think his legacy is really one of trying to make modernism exuberant. he really, he did not see technology and the modern style as dry and cerebral. he wanted people to connect with it emotionally. even if you go back to something like the pompidou centre paris, i mean, it s fun. it s fun to look at, it s crazy and wild but it s also fun. and everything that he did had a quality of great discipline
trying to create a world which is influenced for the better, through public space, through private space and so on. the welsh zenith, terminal 5 at heathrow. he was bold, colourful and has more than left his mark. the richard rogers vision was of a city that was open, sociable, welcoming. the british architect richard rogers who s died at the age of 88. paul goldberger is a pulitzer prize winning architecture critic. here he assesses richard rogers legacy. i think his legacy is really one of trying to make modernism exuberant. he really, he did not see technology and the modern style as dry and cerebral. he wanted people to connect with it emotionally.
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