On 9 September the family of the architect Richard Rogers handed 22 Parkside in Wimbledon to the National Trust. Richard and Su Rogers designed the house in the late 1960s for his parents, using steel portal frames from industrial building, windows taken from a bus and insulation panels from a refrigerated lorry. The listed house is read as the prototype for the Pompidou Centre and the Lloyd’s building in London.
The Trust has raised an endowment from private donors and charitable trusts to pay for the house’s future. It opened three days later for Open House London and will be open on selected dates until a full opening planned for 2028, with guided visits and partnerships with schools and universities.
So…:
What in your own work is worth handing over rather than selling?
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National Trust Images // Megan Taylor (press)