Divisive, ugly, gloomy: when will the City of London see the light on tall towers?
Rowan Moore
The proposed 1 Undershaft skyscraper is meant to help woo workers, but it’ll make the Square Mile worse for everyone
October 2023
Britain’s most influential modernist architect? In praise of the lost buildings of Georgie Wolton
Wolton, who died in 2021 aged 87, helped launch Richard Rogers and Norman Foster. Her dilapidated London home is almost all that remains of her fearless work
May 2023
King Charles ignited a battle of styles in architecture - is it time for a truce?
The monarch loves traditional buildings and hates a lot of modern design. In this long-running battle, is there any middle ground?
Bamboo airports and psychedelic oil refineries: Richard Rogers' thrilling legacy
Eternal innovator: Richard Rogers' 10 best buildings – in pictures
Richard Rogers: Pompidou and Millennium Dome architect dies aged 88
December 2020
From the Guardian archive
Sir Norman Foster, the architect’s architect – archive, 1996
11 December 1996: Sir Norman, despite Lord Rogers’s wheel and dome, is the man bent on designing the next millennium for Britain
September 2020
Richard Rogers, one of UK's top architects, to retire
Architect best-known for Lloyds building, Pompidou Centre and Millennium Dome to step down
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The best architecture of the 21st century
LSE’s new Centre Building review – a study in shades of Pompidou
October 2018
Other lives
Alan Davidson obituary
Other lives: Architectural illustrator who pioneered the use of computers
August 2018
Macallan distillery review – whisky and spectacle galore
Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor centre is a suitably subtle blend of hi-tech and theatre designed to put the beautiful business of whisky production centre stage
March 2018
British architecture projects under threat from Brexit – survey
Two-thirds of architects in RIBA survey have had projects put on hold since EU referendum
September 2017
Classical architecture has deep roots in England
Prince Charles is called to public debate by designer Richard Rogers
Book of the day
A Place for All People by Richard Rogers review – architecture and the elite
Why British architecture needs to be open to all talents
