Peter Rice

Peter Ronan Rice (1935 to 1992) was an Irish structural engineer who acted as structural engineer on three of the most important architectural works of the twentieth century, the Sydney Opera House with Ove Arup, the Pompidou Centre and the Lloyd's Building, and was renowned for acting as both engineer and designer. Born in Dublin and raised in Dundalk, he studied at Queen's University of Belfast and Imperial College London, switching from aeronautical to civil engineering, and joined Ove Arup and Partners in 1956. He took charge of the roof shell geometry on site in Sydney at the age of 28, and later worked with architects including Richard Rogers, Renzo Piano, I. M. Pei and Norman Foster on projects such as the Louvre Pyramid, Stansted Airport, Kansai International Airport and the Mound Stand at Lord's. He set up the firm RFR in 1977.