Ivan Harbour described Richard Rogers as the practice’s inspiration, champion and compass at a ceremony to honour the RSHP founder.

Family and colleagues gathered in the vast underwriting room at Lloyd’s of London, one of his earliest projects, to hear the Lutine Bell rung in Rogers’ honour. He died on Saturday aged 88.

The bell, salvaged from one of Lloyd’s most famous insurance claims the HMS Lutine, was once rung every time a ship sank or made it safely to harbour but is now only sounded on ceremonial occasions.

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