Author: SUDJIC, DEYAN
Title: Norman Foster : a life in architecture
Description: New York : Overlook Press 2010. Stated First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 308 pages; Description: 308 p. [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Subject: Foster. Norman. -- 1935-Architects -- Great Britain -- Biography. Summary: Norman Foster is a phenomenon both as an architect and as an individual. He is one of the world's most prominent and influential architects and is responsible for some of the most recognizable buildings of the past thirty years. Under his driven leadership. what is now called Foster + Partners has grown to become an international firm with almost one thousand architects. building astounding constructions all over the globe. In this insightful and elegantly written biography. Deyan Sudjic charts the remarkable professional life of this master architect. Norman Foster is responsible for the design of numerous well-known buildings. including Beijing's new airport. one of the world's largest; the Hearst Corporation Building in New York City; the reconstruction of the Reichstag building in Berlin; the Swiss Re tower (colloquially called 'the Gherkin') and the Great Court at the British Museum in London; an entire university campus for Petronas in Malaysia; the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington. D.C.; and one of the towers to be built at Ground Zero in Manhattan. In this essential biography. Sudjic explores Norman Foster's impact on architecture and on the contemporary city. He traces Foster's remarkable journey from the humble backstreets of Manchester. England. showing both the determination with which Foster has built a global architectural firm and his huge creative influence on the world we see around us.Weight in Kg appr.:

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