Chris RogersMay 313 minArchitectureWhat if… the Blitz had missed the Square Mile?Eighty years ago Nazi Germany’s bombing offensive devastated the City of London, then as now the financial centre of the British capital....
Chris RogersMay 82 minArchitectureGoing undergroundUntil Wednesday one of the ‘Secrets of the London Underground’ was when, exactly, Crossrail would open, but TfL’s announcement that day...
Chris RogersMar 34 minArchitectureBarbican bashThe Barbican arts centre within the City of London estate of the same name is 40 years old today, having been opened by the Queen on 3...
Chris RogersFeb 273 minArchitectureIll manorsA sunny Sunday is a good time to leaf/click through the property supplement/website of your choice, indulging in the fantasy of buying or...
Chris RogersFeb 184 minArchitectureFace/OffToday the National Gallery published its chosen architect’s initial proposals to remodel the building’s Sainsbury Wing entrance and a...
Chris RogersFeb 83 minArchitecturePlatinum LineYesterday journalists got their first official look at the completed Elizabeth Line, thirteen and a half years after work on the new...
Chris RogersFeb 41 minArchitectureBuilding an audience This week an important step was taken to move the new City of London Law Courts project forward, two years since I first wrote about the...
Chris RogersJan 304 minArchitectureMichael Pearson, 1933-2021“There are some things I’ve done I’d like to discuss...” It was over lunch at the Chelsea Arts Club’s convivially-close tables that...
Chris RogersJan 114 minArchitectureHouse of architecture or house of horrors? The Royal Institute of British Architects today launched a limited competition to masterplan and design the first phase refurbishment of...
Chris RogersDec 23, 20217 minArchitectureLloyd’s: Risk and reward?As tributes continue to be paid to Richard Rogers, Lloyd’s of London is still quietly pondering a major remodelling of his One Lime...
Chris RogersDec 20, 20213 minArchitectureRogers on RogersMy first encounter with the work of Richard Rogers, who died on Saturday, occurred on a hot weekend in the late Eighties. For a couple of...
Chris RogersDec 9, 20213 minArchitectureActive passiv, outfarm outlier?The Royal Institute of British Architects’ House of the Year 2021 was announced yesterday evening (full disclosure – I was once...