It wasn’t easy for internationally acclaimed architect Richard Rogers to make it in New York, but last week’s announcement that he would design one of the new Ground Zero towers solidified his reputation in America, as it had already been solidified in his native Britain. “He has long been a persuasive, articulate and often lonely voice on the importance of design and density in cities. His practice is famously run with a constitution, the directors earning a maximum of six times the salary of the lowest-paid architect, and last year £1m was donated to charity.”