Book description
A biography of Lord Foster, one of the world's foremost architects,
written with his full co-operation. Norman Foster is a phenomenon - as
an architect, but also as an individual. He is responsible for a dozen
or more of the most recognisable buildings of the last thirty years.
Under his driven leadership, what is now called Foster and Partners has
grown to an international firm with almost 1,000 employees, building
astonishing constructions all over the world. Deyan Sudjic explores the
nature of the impact that he has had on architecture, and on the
contemporary city. It traces his remarkable journey from the backstreets
of Manchester, the determination with which he has built a global
architectural practice, and his huge creative impact on what we see
around us. Amongst many other buildings, Norman Foster is responsible
for the design of Beijing's new airport, one of the world's largest, for
the Rossiya tower in Moscow, in contention to be the tallest skyscraper
in Europe until the credit crunch killed it, for one of the towers at
Ground Zero in Manhattan, and for a crop of new towers in London. He
designed the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in
London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new
court. Deyan Sudjic's insightful and elegantly written biography charts
the remarkable life of one of the world's most influential architectural
figures.
