Richard Rogers, two years older than Foster, played a key role in his rise. Born into a cosmopolitan, art-loving world, Rogers was also gregarious, fun-loving and a brilliant communicator. The two future kings of high-tech who were to dominate British architecture in the 1990s were as unlike as a pint of Boddington's is from a bottle of Barolo. Yet the synergy and rivalry between them generated a new movement that brought British architects to the attention of the world in a way they hadn't been since the turn of the century.
Back in the UK, Foster set up Team 4, a kind of architectural pop group with Richard and Su Rogers and Wendy Cheesman, whom he married in 1964. There was a fifth member: Georgina Wolton, Wendy's sister, who was, at the
Back in the UK, Foster set up Team 4, a kind of architectural pop group with Richard and Su Rogers and Wendy Cheesman, whom he married in 1964. There was a fifth member: Georgina Wolton, Wendy's sister, who was, at the