Marco Goldschmied

Career

Goldschmied trained at the Architecture Association where he met two future partners, Mike Davies and John Young.

In 1971, he was an associate partner of the Piano + Rogers architecture practice, which was established to design the competition-winning Centre Georges Pompidou.

Goldschmied was co-founder of the Richard Rogers Partnership with Richard Rogers, Davies, and Young in 1977, becoming managing director in 1984, and was involved in many of the major projects undertaken by the practice. He left in 2004, and the practice became Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 2007.

Goldschmied set up the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which established the RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize in 1998 and rewards the best architecture projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.

Goldschmied was President of the RIBA from 1999 to 2001, during which time he initiated the rebranding of the institute.

Personal life

Son of British Elinor Sinnott and Italian Guido Goldschmied, Goldschmied was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, on 28 March 1944, and moved to Trieste, Italy in 1946, during the Allied Military Government – Free territory of Triest. Following the death of his father in 1955, he returned to London with his mother in 1956. He married Andrea Halvorsen in 1969, and they had five children together between 1971 and 1982.

Goldschmied died at home on 7 July 2022, at the age of 78. He had been living with lung cancer for over a year. He was survived by his five children and numerous grandchildren.

Notable buildings

File:St Mary and Montevetro - geograph.org.uk - 286714.jpg|Montevetro Building, Battersea, London File:Channel 4 Building - Horseferry Road - London - 310504.jpg|Channel 4 headquarters, London File:Millennium Dome From Thames Path - geograph.org.uk - 232071.jpg|Millennium Dome at Greenwich, London File:Heathrow Terminal 5 from the air.jpg|Heathrow Airport T5

References

References

1. [https://www.stephenlawrenceprize.com/ The Stephen Lawrence Prize]
2. (26 July 1999). "He built the dome. Fortunately he didn't choose the colour".
3. [http://debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/18999/Marco+GOLDSCHMIED.aspx Debrett's]
4. [http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/designers-join-forces-for-riba/1128265.article Design Week 14 December 2000]
5. (11 June 2009). "Elinor Goldschmied {{!}} Obituary".
6. (13 September 2022). "Tributes paid to Marco Goldschmied, Richard Rogers Partnership co-founder". Architects' Journal.
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8. [https://www.theguardian.com/archweek1999/galleryguide/0,,196816,00.html The Guardian, 1999]