This week, high-tech architecture came back into focus
This week on Dezeen, we launched our series on high-tech architecture, which is covering the movement's buildings and key figures over the course of the next few weeks. More
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Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre was the first high-tech art gallery in the UK
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we look at how the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts by Norman Foster marked the style's transition from industrial to cultural buildings. More
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Reliance Controls factory by Team 4 was a "democratic pavilion"
Continuing our high-tech architecture series we look at Reliance Controls, the last building that two of the giants of high-tech architecture – Richard Rogers and Norman Foster – designed together at Team 4. More
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Richard Rogers is high-tech's inside-out architect
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Richard Rogers, the architect of two of the movement's best-known inside-out buildings, Centre Pompidou and the Lloyd's building. More
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Centre Pompidou is high-tech architecture's inside-out landmark
Next up in our high-tech architecture series we look at the Centre Pompidou in Paris by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, the inside-out landmark that drew global attention to the movement. More
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Dezeen's introduction to high-tech architecture
High-tech was the last major architecture style of the 20th century. This overview by Owen Hopkins kicks off our series exploring the high-tech movement. More
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Grimshaw's "unapologetically futuristic" Sainsbury's supermarket awarded heritage status
The high-tech Camden Road Sainsbury's designed by Grimshaw, and the housing complex built alongside it, have been awarded Grade II-listed status. More
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Nicholas Grimshaw reveals 10 high-tech career highlights
High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chairman of his eponymous architecture studio. In this series of movies he talks through 10 highlights that defined his five-decade career. More
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High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw steps down as chair of his architecture firm
Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the architecture firm he founded almost 40 years ago, to dedicate his time to a new foundation. More
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"High-tech never went away, though many wish it had"
High-tech architecture is not on the verge of a comeback. It actually never went away, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Wimbledon house was meant to solve the British housing problem but didn't, says Richard Rogers
In this exclusive video interview, British architect Richard Rogers reflects on the influence of the seminal house he designed for his parents at 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, London. More
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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers share Centre Pompidou photographs on 40th anniversary
Archive photography from the offices of Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers shows the dramatic inside-out form of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which is celebrating its 40th birthday. More
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Lloyd's of London may quit Richard Rogers building over design "frustrations"
News: insurance company Lloyd's of London could leave its landmark headquarters designed by Richard Rogers, according to today's Sunday Times. More
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"We thought Lloyd's building was the ultimate in technology, but it's practically hand made"
In the next movie in our series focussing on key projects by Richard Rogers, the British architect talks exclusively to Dezeen about his radical Lloyd's building in London and explains why he is not completely comfortable with the "high-tech" label that is often applied to his work. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
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"The Pompidou captured the revolutionary spirit of 1968" - Richard Rogers
In our second exclusive video interview in our series of movies about Richard Rogers, the British architect reveals that key elements of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which he designed together with Italian architect Renzo Piano, were strongly influenced by the radical thinking of the 1960s. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
