Norman Foster Works 4 (Hardcover)

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The fourth installment of a projected six-volume compendium of Norman Foster's works from the 1960s onward, this book covers the period 1991-2001. The book features Foster's National Gallery of Scottish Art in Glasgow, the World Port Centre in Rotterdam and the Commerzbank Headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, along with 29 other projects. There are 15 contributors (including Foster himself), with a nice text-to-illustration ratio (there are 1000 illustrations in b&w, 1000 in color), and a layout that resembles a thoughtful architecture textbook. Detail drawings and site plans will have architecture professionals excited; for others, a less specialized-and less complete-volume on Foster will better serve.
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Product Description

The most recent works of Norman Foster are the focus of the latest instalment of a monumental multi-volume retrospective that celebrates in unprecedented detail the architect’s remarkable career.

The recipient of the Praemium Imperiale and the Pritzker Prize in architecture, Norman Foster is considered one of the most innovative and environmentally sensitive architects at work today. In buildings such as the Great Court of the British Museum, the Reichstag in Berlin, and the Commerzbank in Frankfurt, the tallest building in Europe, he has designed dazzling structures that dramatically alter the environment in which they are placed by addressing our most basic needs for light, space, and communion with the world around us. The design and construction of these landmark buildings as well as a strikingly diverse range of other projects completed from 1990 to 2000 is the subject of this fourth volume in an authoritative six-volume series on Foster’s career.

In addition to offering close examinations of individual projects, the book contextualizes Foster’s work, identifying themes and connections across the decades, discussing influences and inspirations, and invoking a host of historical, cultural and architectural references. It also reveals the essential characteristics of Foster’s distinctive design philosophy, showing how a commitment to social and environmental issues and engagement with new technologies remain the primary goals of his working practice.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 564 pages
• Publisher: Prestel USA (October 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3791328522
• ISBN-13: 978-3791328522
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.9 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,344,461 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars foster and his team are still inspiring after all these years, July 27, 2005

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as we are getting more and more bombarded with simulated visual experience, and architecture is becoming like fashion (surface oriented). norman foster team continues to show real architectural solutions to many of our modern problems such as urban density, office stress, environmental, energy, and etc. through spatial changes and technological innovations. such poetic and elegant solutions to these difficult problems, are cleary the result from many years of practice and team efforts.
great book.