Following the death of Richard Rogers last month, we're republishing a series of exclusive interviews we filmed with the British architect in 2013. In the first, Rogers spoke about architects' responsibility to society and his work process.
Rogers, who passed away on 18 December aged 88, spoke to Dezeen to coincide with a retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Rogers was one of the world's best-known architects and famous for his pioneering high-tech architecture.
Among his most recognisable work is the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which he designed together with Renzo Piano, and the Lloyd's building in London.
In this interview, filmed at the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners office in Hammersmith, west London, he discussed how architecture is dependant on teamwork and how the final design can change direction during its development. Read on for a transcript of the interview below:

"I'm Richard Rogers, an architect. I live nearby here, I cycle every day. And I have been in this office for over 30 years."
"The Royal Academy has asked whether I would like to do an exhibition about my life, not specifically about my work ? I've had a touring exhibition for the last 10 years about work ? but more about the thinking, and a section through eight years of life."
"We've decided to call the exhibition Inside Out, partly to do with how I often put structure and ducts on the outside of buildings for functional as well as aesthetic reaso...