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RICHARD ROGERS是國際知名備受尊敬的建築師,曾負責過許多世界各地的標誌性建築建案,如法國龐畢度中心、法國波爾多法院、西班牙馬德里國際機場、台灣高雄慶富集團總部、高雄捷運R9中央公園站等,其最為人所知的專長為城市規劃,RICHARD ROGERS一生獲獎無數,對於當代建築的貢獻與成就備受肯定。
本書為RICHARD ROGERS作品全集的第三冊,主為收錄近期1994年至2005年的建案作品,其中包含48個知名建案,收集近10年來已實現或未實現的建築設計,如倫敦格林威治的千禧巨蛋等,每個建案除標明該建築名稱、設計年份外,均有十分詳細的說明與大量圖片、設計草稿、平面規劃圖、構造圖、立體模型等,本書對於想瞭解這位建築界大師近期傑作的現代建築愛好者而言,是本相當值得收藏的好書!
Richard Rogers is head of an internationally respected architectural practice responsible for many landmark buildings around the world and well-known for the quality of its work and its expertise in urban planning.
This third volume of the Complete Works looks at the most recent projects by the Richard Rogers Partnership – the period from 1994 to 2005 – and discusses in detail many of the innovative and often high-tech schemes for which the practice has become renowned Including over 48 projects, this book features the realized and unrealized projects of the last ten years, such as Greenwich Peninsula and the Millennium Dome, London, a school near Kyoto, the transformation of a Barcelona bullring into a major entertainment complex, masterplans for Wembley, London, and Florence, Madrid Airport and London Heathrow’s Terminal 5, as well as a new library for Birmingham and London’s first Maggie‘s Centre The book is prefaced with a general introduction to the office, which brings the story of the practice up to date.
The second key essay examines the impact of Richard Rogers in the political arena, particularly his chairmanship of the Urban Task Force and his work as adviser on architecture and urbanism to the mayors of London and Barcelona. The final essay discusses the continuing growth of the practice both at home and abroad and the impact of a new generation of talent rising to the fore.
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