Richard Rogers and engineers’ key role in the Pompidou Centre | Letters

Kate Macintosh on the innovative engineering of the building in Paris, and David Cockayne on the architect’s contributions to domestic housing designOliver Wainwright’s otherwise well-balanced obituary for Richard Rogers (19 December) omits the key role that engineers played in his early success in realising the Pompidou Centre. In particular Peter Rice (of Arups) was responsible for researching the great strength of cast steel, used for the huge gerberette connections between column