This unique critical appraisal of the work of Foster & Partners offers a number of original revelations about the philosophy and design methods that have generated the designs and reputation of the Foster studio over the past three decades. The author begins with a distinctly personal account of Norman Foster's first steps in the world of architecture and goes on to discuss some key buildings which have become symbols of our time.
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'Beautifully presented...the author gets under the skin of the meister through a series of verbatim interviews with Foster and his partners, architectural drawings and - best of all - wonderful sketches by Foster himself.' - Building Design
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Malcolm Quantrill is Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Texas A & M University. He is the author of The Culture of Silence (1998) and Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition (1995)
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When Sir Norman Foster arrived at Philip Johnson's Sheldon Theatre on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln early in the afternoon of Saturday 12 November 1994, his appearance in that context signified a number of cultural contrasts epiphanies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
classical presence, glass architecture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Willis Faber, Foster Associates, Century Tower, Hong Kong, Hongkong Bank, King's Cross, Royal Academy, Great Court, Sainsbury Centre, British Museum, David Nelson, All Souls, Business Promotion Centre, New York, Town Hall, Cavendish Square, Sir Norman, San Lorenzo, Spencer de Grey, Ken Shuttleworth, Sackler Galleries, Graham Phillips, Joslyn Museum, Trafalgar Square, Burnage High New!
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When Sir Norman Foster arrived at Philip Johnson's Sheldon Theatre on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln early in the afternoon of Saturday 12 November 1994, his appearance in that context signified a number of cultural contrasts epiphanies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
classical presence, glass architecture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Willis Faber, Foster Associates, Century Tower, Hong Kong, Hongkong Bank, King's Cross, Royal Academy, Great Court, Sainsbury Centre, British Museum, David Nelson, All Souls, Business Promotion Centre, New York, Town Hall, Cavendish Square, Sir Norman, San Lorenzo, Spencer de Grey, Ken Shuttleworth, Sackler Galleries, Graham Phillips, Joslyn Museum, Trafalgar Square, Burnage High New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Crystal Palace (Architecture in Detail) by Joseph Paxton on page 73, page 74, and page 75
- Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture by Robert Venturi on page 86, and page 146
- Frank Lloyd Wright (Masters of World Architecture) by Vincent Joseph Scully on page 12
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 155
- Theory and Design in the First Machine Age by Reyner Banham on page 154
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- Integrated Buildings: The Systems Basis of Architecture by Leonard R. Bachman in Back Matter
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