{"id":175774,"date":"2025-06-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=175774"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:41:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:41:33","slug":"where-utopia-soul-and-humanity-converge-in-a-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=175774","title":{"rendered":"Where Utopia, Soul and Humanity Converge in a Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b238b0fa3a0f896ff3fca2e1efeef7f wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine a building that speaks to you. No, not with words, with its shapes, lines, voids and colours. A building that looks at you, waits for you, and welcomes you. Explores the new exhibition, Talking Buildings, the work of Architect Richard Rogers. Find out more here in <em>Where Utopia, Soul and Humanity Converge in a Building<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2f1936ef2c8b62541eecfee5f3530d67 wp-block-paragraph\">Image on the left-hand side \u00a9RSHP, Dr Rogers House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ed66acc4354aa35e328fdb9e6a25b34a wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rogers did not build to erect. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/the-architecture-of-luxury-building-experiences-beyond-the-gaming-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">building<\/a> to question, to connect, to jostle. Born in 1933, this architectural design prodigy went through almost a century of utopias, crises, and urban revolutions, with a simple idea: a building is worth nothing if it does not serve people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-510a936a96168c5264ce781eb30498ef wp-block-paragraph\">This silent conversation of his work, the words with no words, that &#8216;Talking Buildings&#8217;, this new show offers, is an exceptional show dedicated to this dynamic architect. A master of radical and humanist architecture, but especially of &#8216;high-tech architecture&#8217;. More than just a tribute to his architectural work, this immersive <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/woven-a-glimpse-into-the-vas-christian-dior-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exhibition<\/a> explores the thoughts, commitments and humanism that have shaped each of his works.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?resize=580%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?resize=1200%2C798&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/S_230327_print_Richard-Rogers.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-72ee836a7c3d5196782a773b8a3a61fe wp-block-paragraph\">Image Alamy Stock Photo, Richard Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce9cc1d49fbbe0a355cfee48a3711641 wp-block-paragraph\">One style particularly emerges from his works: high-tech architecture, an architectural movement born in the 1970s, which incorporates industrial and technological elements in the design of all kinds of buildings, housing, offices, museums, and factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e43e5ed1b2a4267f24e35841a80427da wp-block-paragraph\">This style appears as an extension of the Modernist Movement in <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/home-as-a-universal-right-cutworks-philosophy-in-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">architecture<\/a>, which appeared at the beginning of the 20th century.  An architectural revolution that rejected the historical and ornamental styles of the past in favour of functionality, simplicity and the use of modern materials, including concrete, steel, and glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0166b3573af31dde824d2e85bf3eec36 wp-block-paragraph\">An architecture for everyone: Known for its bold lines and open structures, Richard Rogers&#8217; projects embody above all a philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f96c76349bfd268138d93ae30131bba7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201ca <em>place for all people, the young, the old, the poor and the rich, all creeds and nationalities\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c1de5d2793f3e4dbd422a41abe804e30 wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d622be5a9f6b0fff0049db2334959861 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Talking Buildings&#8221; embodies this vision through an inclusive scenery where the plans, models and videos tell of his major projects. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?resize=580%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?resize=1024%2C822&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?resize=768%2C616&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?resize=1200%2C963&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0010_1_print.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c76c7f8e6e9373309eda7ee3310ec9f wp-block-paragraph\">Image \u00a9RSHP, Zip-Up House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a05b249a1eabc1ee784b3f182ff13f59 wp-block-paragraph\">Among them, six emblematic achievements as well as two unbuilt projects. The exhibition opens with the Zip-Up House (1969), a prefabricated habitat with a revolutionary design.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?resize=580%2C455&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?resize=1024%2C804&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?resize=768%2C603&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?resize=1200%2C942&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0014_1_print.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2c76c7f8e6e9373309eda7ee3310ec9f wp-block-paragraph\">Image \u00a9RSHP, Zip-Up House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-22783552328647a1ebd67e343e626d86 wp-block-paragraph\">This idea continued at the Centre Pompidou (1977), a major Parisian cultural and artistic centre, and a living organ of Parisian culture. Then, the Millennium Dome (1996) in <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/inside-gallery-club-london-chelseas-new-hotspot-for-house-music-and-nightlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London<\/a>, an emblematic building designed to mark the passage to the year 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-adfb3872bd5a1d34f6b69ac86bdc2ace wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition closes with the mysterious Drawing Gallery (2020) suspended above the vineyards of Ch\u00e2teau La Coste, which was the first host venue of this exhibition<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d13f1d6e2d0c14f67332130d3bac5ee wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibition is an intimate immersion in the mind of a creator; the experience goes beyond the walls. It is his spirit that we visit. A collective and committed work. Behind every Rogers project is a shared vision. The exhibition highlights the collaborative way he worked, unifying talents and ideas to give life to human and accessible constructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bc8993b7322ea4c7e51a4bdf9532b90a wp-block-paragraph\">Designed by Ab Rogers, son of the architect and artistic director of the Ab Rogers Design studio, the exhibition is accompanied by an installation of RSHP (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners), his former agency, which presents his past, present and future projects. Two films by Marina Willer enrich this sensitive and intellectual experience,<strong> <\/strong>alongside exhibition graphics by Graphic Thought Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3cf308bbb6990927f68a48cdc4b1c82f wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition deconstructs, to better reveal, the man behind the drawing: thinker, activist, tireless dreamer. Monumental models, plans deployed <em>as thought mats, <\/em>vibrant films of visual <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/formless-and-fearless-poetrys-new-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poetry<\/a>&#8230; Everything here invites you to feel, as much as you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?resize=580%2C321&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/37_0011_1_print-1.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3360193ceaac2d257572066ce4a4bcfd wp-block-paragraph\">Image Richard + Su Rogers, Zip-Up House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-02d47fa4913fbdfabf8e131a004b5b6c wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;Richard and his partners were radical, visionary and above all, humanists.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e64caddf7f6743b7fff5deae97716b73 wp-block-paragraph\">John McElgunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0380d97d1a53557d2b18ebdf6b1d584e wp-block-paragraph\">John McElgunn, one of the directors of RSHP, talks of ideals like Richards&#8217; principles that continue to evolve and guide RSHP today.&#8221; Perhaps this is what makes these buildings so alive, is they have been thought of not as objects, but as social organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60836eab94ab91177e0c63f9ddd91844 wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/unconditional-beauty-paolo-roversi-and-the-intimate-gaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beauty<\/a> of its buildings, the exhibition focuses on Richard Rogers&#8217; social, environmental and political commitments. The architect considered the city as a whole, a space to think about in its entirety, with the conviction that architecture has a social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?resize=580%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?resize=1024%2C802&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?resize=300%2C235&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?resize=768%2C602&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?resize=1200%2C940&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/376_0018_1_print.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f19e63452ad4517cacb6c68dfd596b2a wp-block-paragraph\">Image arcaidimages.com, Dr Rogers House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f9ca5deab80e2fd392023b9fe606a858 wp-block-paragraph\">In short, &#8220;Talking Buildings&#8221; is not a simple return to a career, but an invitation to think about what our common spaces can be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55fbfa81761add9fd2e0a2bf25ddfe48 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201c<em>For Talking Buildings, we wanted to create an experience that explored Richard\u2019s work through the lens of activism and intellectual expression as much architecture, revealing him as someone who never stopped developing his social, environmental, ethical and political passions, and for whom buildings were the physical manifestation of his beliefs, but not the sole legacy.<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c5286c3ffe8e7efc64cd3285653f55cd wp-block-paragraph\">Ab Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?resize=580%2C410&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0037_N40331_print-1.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47a45932af96efa8d11d8e6806c7305a wp-block-paragraph\">Image \u00a9RSHP Archive, Zip-Up House<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-038a5b6b2e5f676c8eca3c4b3d916b04 wp-block-paragraph\">Richard Rogers chose mostly industrial materials such as steel, glass and aluminium. He favoured these materials for their lightness, strength and flexibility. In addition, his choices of materials were always closely linked to his aesthetic, social, technological and environmental convictions. Richard Rogers wanted his buildings to be flexible and adaptable over time. He therefore chose materials that were easy to disassemble or modify. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24c4137510bda280cd5abc50b71e8d6f wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, glass was a key material for him: it made it possible to make the activities inside the buildings visible and to bring in natural light. This transparency responds to a democratic vision of architecture: the building must not intimidate, it must invite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-89937e95211dffb4e588236f6c54bd28 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cRichard and his partners were radical, visionary and above all, humanists. They developed a distinctive architectural approach and a social vision for the practice. Their work extended far beyond the act of designing individual buildings as they envisioned the city as a whole, grounded in the belief that architecture has a broader social responsibility. Those principles continue to evolve and guide us at RSHP today.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e64caddf7f6743b7fff5deae97716b73 wp-block-paragraph\">John McElgunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1ec8ecb521d3dcc4d46c4b1e0cbce9b7 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Talking Buildings&#8221; is not just an exhibition. It&#8217;s an invitation. To slow down. To look at our cities differently. To understand that architecture is not just a matter of concrete and angles, but of encounters, movements, lights that slide on a surface and change its meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6e78f85f603bc8a366aa00131ab66eb wp-block-paragraph\">In each plan presented, in each space evoked, hides this intimate truth that Rogers repeated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa10fa9d1ebb1036fa095d8339ae4808 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>What matters is not the building, but what happens between people.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4f4fc8df444353e710f4d451a4517c5f wp-block-paragraph\">This building says nothing, and yet it expresses everything. Through his lines, his materials, his silences, he answers you. It becomes a place that resembles you, that welcomes you, that speaks to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a3298d4b97ffabe496443e8ea4ddae82 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTalking Buildings\u201d will take place from June 18 to September 21, 2025, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soane.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sir John Soane&#8217;s Museum<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d3be4ab8480976d91dfe55020143e0d7 wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed reading <em>Where Utopia, Soul and Humanity Converge in a Building<\/em>, why not read <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=175533&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Formless and Fearless: Poetry&#8217;s New Edition<\/a> here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c752001cdae45d8139353a947b9130ab wp-block-paragraph\">.Cent Magazine London. <strong>Be Inspired; <em>Get Involved<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine a building that speaks to you. 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