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Foster catalogue 2001

Publisher: Munich : Prestel, c2001Description: 259 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 3791324012.Other title: Foster [Cover title].Subject(s): Foster, Norman, 1935- -- Catalogs | Sir Norman Foster and Partners -- Catalogs | Architectural practice, International -- CatalogsDDC classification: 720.92
Contents:
Architecture and Sustainability, Norman Foster. - Selected Projects. - The Studio. - Biographies. - Complete Works. - Project Awards. - Practice and Personal Awards. - Practice Details. - Index. - Credits.
Summary: "Foster and Partners is one of the most respected architectural practices in the world today, a fact that was officially recognised by Norman Foster's receipt of the Pritzker Prize in 1999. The last few years have been the completion of some of Foster's most ambitious projects, from the new international airport in Hong Kong-one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken-to the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin, a project of enormous political and symbolic significance. The year 2000 alone saw the opening of the Great Court at the British Museum, the Glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales and the Millennium Bridge in London. This new catalogue forms an illustrated timeline through the practice's work over the last four decades. With descriptions of more than 120 buildings and projects, from the 1960s into the new millennium, it offers the most comprehensive survey yet published. The full range of the practice's activities as urban planners, architects and industrial designers is illustrated. Masterplans for Rotterdam, Duisburg, King's Cross and Trafalgar Square are included alongside designs for airports, railway stations, bridges, museums, universities, offices and private houses. In addition to architectural projects there are details of telecommunications and energy installations, street furniture and smaller items, including chairs, taps and door handles. Introduced by Norman Foster and richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book is an invaluable guide to the work of one of the world's leading architects." - Front cover.
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Architecture and Sustainability, Norman Foster. - Selected Projects. - The Studio. - Biographies. - Complete Works. - Project Awards. - Practice and Personal Awards. - Practice Details. - Index. - Credits.

"Foster and Partners is one of the most respected architectural practices in the world today, a fact that was officially recognised by Norman Foster's receipt of the Pritzker Prize in 1999. The last few years have been the completion of some of Foster's most ambitious projects, from the new international airport in Hong Kong-one of the largest construction projects ever undertaken-to the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin, a project of enormous political and symbolic significance. The year 2000 alone saw the opening of the Great Court at the British Museum, the Glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales and the Millennium Bridge in London. This new catalogue forms an illustrated timeline through the practice's work over the last four decades. With descriptions of more than 120 buildings and projects, from the 1960s into the new millennium, it offers the most comprehensive survey yet published. The full range of the practice's activities as urban planners, architects and industrial designers is illustrated. Masterplans for Rotterdam, Duisburg, King's Cross and Trafalgar Square are included alongside designs for airports, railway stations, bridges, museums, universities, offices and private houses. In addition to architectural projects there are details of telecommunications and energy installations, street furniture and smaller items, including chairs, taps and door handles. Introduced by Norman Foster and richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, this book is an invaluable guide to the work of one of the world's leading architects." - Front cover.