Architect Richard Rogers, known for designing some of the world’s most famous buildings, has died aged 88, it was reported on Sunday.
Rogers changed the London skyline with distinctive creations such as the Millennium Dome, owned by Anschutz Entertainment Group.
He “passed away quietly” on Saturday night, Freud communications agency’s Matthew Freud told the UK’s Press Association.
His London firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, was known for several Asia-Pacific projects as well as London landmarks like the so-called Cheese Grater, formally known as the Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall Street.
Its Asia-Pacific developments include the Passenger Clearance Building at the end of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge and the Qianhai Inno-tech and Kingboard buildings under construction in Shenzhen.
The firm also conceived the 4 million square metre multi-use Buena Vista development in Singapore.
There are also Rogers-designed buildings in Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Rogers was an unsuccessful candidate for Shanghai’s Liujiazui and Beijing New International Airport projects.
- AFP, with George Russell
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