A Place for All People : Life, Architecture and the Fair Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Richard, 1933-2021.

Brown, Richard (Research director), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rogers, Richard, 1933-.

Rogers, Richard.

Architects--Great Britain--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Place for All People

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2017.

Summary:

"Richard Rogers is one of the pre-eminent architects of his generation, whose approach to buildings is infused with his love of life, strong sense of social justice, and his playful aesthetic sense. From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to the Lloyds Building in the City of London, and from his inspirational Maggie's Centre for cancer sufferers to his Y:Cube housing for homeless young people, he has turned what architecture can do inside out. This book is both the engaging and inspirational story of Richard Rogers' life as an architect and simultaneously a book about creating a better society by creating better places to live. Ranging backwards and forwards over a long and creative life, and integrating relationships, projects, stories, collaborations and arguments with case studies, drawings and photographs Inside Out is a dazzling and inspiring book as original as its author."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1 Early Influences

2 The Shock of the New

3 The Language of Architecture

4 Centre Georges Pompidou

5 Politics and Practice

6 Building in the City

7 Humanising the Institution

8 Layers of Life

9 Public Spaces

10 Citizenship and the Compact City

11 The Fair Society

Reflections on the Future

Chronology

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Image credits.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781782116943

178211694X

OCLC:

1002126164