The Pritzker Prize-winning designer, who died Saturday at 88, was influenced by the Case Study Houses, but critical of L.A. sprawl.
Rogers, initially, was opposed to submitting an entry for the Pompidou competition, which he regarded as another palace of culture. But Piano figured the process could get their work seen by the prestigious jury, which included figures such as Oscar Niemeyer, Jean Prouvé and Philip Johnson.
recounts, Rogers was pummeled by a Parisian woman wielding an umbrella when she discovered he was one of the architects.Richard Rogers, who is also a British peer, wins the $100,000 Pritzker Architecture Prize in his 70s. The Centre Pompidou scandalized the world with its radical mechanical look when it was completed in 1977.
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