Richard Rogers; Complete Works - Volume 3

Powell, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0714844292 / ISBN 13: 9780714844299

Published by Phaidon Press, 2006

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ORDERBOOK - Old PRINT SHOP OPS -- http: //www.oldprintshop.com/cgi-bin/gallery. Pl? Action=detail&inventory_id=41689&itemno=1 -- Item Number: 41689 Title: Richard Rogers: Complete Works Vol. 3. Artist: Richard Rogers Writer: Kenneth Powell Category: Books > Monographs > Artists R Publisher: London, Year: 2006. Condition: Very good condition. Price: $95.00 -catrais1500; *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 320 pages. -- with a bonus offer--; Features Most Recent Built Work by Internationally Respected Architect. Richard Rogers is head of an internationally respected architectural practice responsible for many landmark buildings around the world. He is best known for such pioneering buildings as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Renzo Piano), Lloyd's of London and the Millennium Dome, London. The Richard Rogers Partnership was recently commissioned to expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and design `Tower 3' on the site of the World Trade Center, both in New York City. RICHARD ROGERS COMPLETE WORKS: VOLUME THREE by Kenneth Powell, features the work of the Richard Rogers Partnership from 1994-2005. The book features over 48 projects and competitions, looking at the most recent period of the practice. It is the third in a series of books on the practice, picking up from Volume Two that was published in 2001. 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, master plans for Wembley, London, and Florence, Madrid Barajas 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 about the office, which brings the story of the practice up to date. Essays by architecture critic Kenneth Powell examine the impact of Richard Rogers in the political arena, particularly his chairmanship of the Urban Task Force and his work as advisor on architecture and urbanism to the mayors of London and Barcelona. He also discusses the continuing growth of the practice both at home and abroad and the impact of a new generation of talent rising to the foreground.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Richard Rogers; Complete Works - Volume 3
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714844292
• ISBN 13: 9780714844299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book examines the work of the Richard Rogers Partnership from 1994 to 2005, picking up from Volume Two, published in 2001. This third volume of the Complete Works looks at the most recent period of the practice through its dramatic culmination of high profile and world-renowned projects. It features over 48 projects and competitions, including the Greenwich Peninsula and Millennium Dome, masterplans for Wembley, London, and for Florence, as well as Madrid Airport and London’s Heathrow Terminal 5

About the Author

Kenneth Powell is an architectural critic, journalist and author of many books. He contributed to Structure, Space and Skin: The Work of Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners (Phaidon, 1993) and has written extensively on the work of Richard Rogers, including Richard Rogers Complete Works Volume One and Two (Phaidon, 1999 and 2001) and Lloyd's Building: Richard Rogers Partnership (Phaidon, 1994).