(1) Graham Stirk on the roof of the Leadenhall building, also known as the Cheesegrater.
(2) Leadenhall Building at 122 Leadenhall Street, otherwise know as the Cheesegrater, facing the Lloyds building Photograph: David Levene Since Lloyd's, Stirk thinks there has been an increase in the "homogeneity" of architecture.
(3) A. McKeating, S. Stagno, P. R. Stirk, and P. D. Griffiths, J. Med.
(4) The 47-storey, 224m skyscraper, designed by Graham Stirk of Rogers Stirk Harbour and partners – is still empty, with the first tenants due to move in early next year.
(5) This is accompanied by a stirking rise in the incidence of asthma.
(6) But, said Stirk, the buildings had "their DNA and an evolutionary path" in common.
(7) In 2007 the Richard Rogers Partnership became Rogers, Stirk, Harbour + Partners, reflecting the influence of younger colleagues Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour, and Rogers says that while there is a public demand to have one person out front, "of course it doesn't work like that.
(8) The building's exposed innards caused widespread palpitations when it was built in the 1980s and Stirk recalled "a very, very mixed reaction".
(9) One key reason for the difference, Stirk explains, is that the latter was designed for a client while Leadenhall was designed for British Land, a speculative developer.
(10) "Cities go through cycles," said Simon Smithson, a partner at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners , and head of the practice's Latin American projects.
(11) The services and lifts are all encased in a glazed "cassette" on one side of the building rather than being exposed, which Stirk describes as a "jellyfish" effect.
(12) Photograph: David Levene "When I look at Lloyd's, it is amazingly dense," said Stirk.
(13) Photograph: Courtesy of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners A recent London housing project, One Hyde Park, has caused controversy in its construction of some of the most expensive homes in the world with little public access.
(14) Whatever the truth, Project Blue (Guernsey) Ltd, which was set up by the Qatar royal family , announced today that it has withdrawn its planning application for a set of sleek, hi-tech towers designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour , a firm that, however impressive on a good day (think Lloyd's of London Building or the Welsh Assembly ), does everything Prince Charles and his train of classical revivalists believe shouldn't be done.
(15) Now, one of Rogers' senior partners, Stirk has overseen the design of Leadenhall.
(16) The triangular glass-clad tower, designed by Richard Rogers’ firm Rogers Stirk Harbour, is officially named the Leadenhall building.
(17) "Offices are the most difficult buildings to design as an architect," Stirk said.
(18) "I am sure that in their meeting, the Prince of Wales expressed his dislike for the Rogers Stirk Harbour Partnership's design, and the emir politely concurred," said Vos.