CSD Minerva Medal awarded to Lord Rogers of Riverside

The Minerva Medal 2007 has been awarded to Lord Rogers of Riverside in recognition of his outstanding achievements in urban design and architecture. 

The medal was presented to Lord Rogers by the Society’s patron HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at the Minerva Dinner, a black tie event held at St. James’s Palace on the 22nd October 2007. 

CSD’s Chief Executive, Frank Peters said:

“Lord Rogers has proved through his extensive career that his concern is not purely limited to architectural concepts in the traditional sense. His work encompasses the wider aspects of design in the built environment, in particular with regard to design for living within urban spaces.

In exposing the internal services of buildings to the outside environment he has demonstrated that building and environmental spaces are interdependent, therefore highlighting the wider design role and responsibility of the architect”.

The oration at the Minerva Dinner was given by Deyan Sudjic OBE, Director of the Design Museum, who said “Richard’s studio is working all over the world. They have built Madrid’s new airport, one of the most civilized in Europe.  There are law courts in Belgium, towers in Manhattan, but at the same time Richard is essentially a London architect.

He has built some of this city’s key landmarks and there are more to come.  There are few people like Richard Rogers who have the capacity to make extraordinary things happen and that I suspect is really why we are all here tonight to pay tribute to him”.

 Download Oration given by Deyan Sudjic OBE

BBC Radio 4

To mark the occasion of receiving the Minerva Medal 2007, Lord Rogers of Riverside was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 (PM Programme) on the 23rd October 2007.

 Download BBC Radio 4 Interview