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Richard Rogers

British architect (1933–2021)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside was a British and Italian architect noted for his modernist and constructivist designs in high-tech architecture. He was the founder of RSHP, previously known as the Richard Rogers Partnership, until June 2020. After Rogers' retirement and death, the firm rebranded to simply RSHP on 30 June 2022.

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The public source identifies “Richard Rogers” as british architect (1933–2021). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Richard, Rogers and British.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2020, 2022—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Richard, Rogers and British providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2022.

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This entry incorporates text from “Richard Rogers” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.