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Although less chromatically arresting, the rest of the exhibition is equally visually stimulating. Occupying the centre of the next two galleries are a variety of large architectural models, while around their walls a continuous shelf displays photographs, lectures and other paraphernalia documenting the activities of the architect and those that have inspired him, from Frank Lloyd Wright to Buckminster Fuller and Jean Tinguely. These are complemented by more personal exhibits – including a colouring pencil set given by Norman Foster, one of his partners in the Team 4 studio (1963 - 67) and pottery by his mother Dada Rogers. The latter speaks of Rogers’ Italian origins; although he moved to England in 1939, his socio-cultural engagement recalls Italian architects such as his cousin, and former Domus editor, Ernesto N. Rogers.
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