Richard Rogers has retired as a director of the practice he founded more than 40 years ago.

The decision, revealed in termination documents lodged at Companies House on Friday, means his name will be dropped from his practice, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, by July 2022 at the latest.

No reason for his departure now was given, although he was 87 in July. But in a statement issued to Building Design the practice said his retirement from the board had been “planned since 2007, as part of the comprehensive succession planning strategy established when the Richard Rogers Partnership became Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners”.

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