Norman Foster: Net Works / Works - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836596261 ISBN 13: 9783836596268

Publisher: TASCHEN, 2023

Synopsis

With a career spanning across continents and over six decades, the work of the renowned architect Norman Foster is nothing short of extraordinary. His creative innovation and holistic approach have made him one of the world’s most influential and well-known architects. From the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, to the Reichstag in Berlin, the enclosed court of the British Museum in London to the Millau Viaduct in France, with his practice of Foster + Partners, he has created celebrated landmarks that stand out for their inventive modernity and for what he calls “a sustainable approach to the design of the built environment.”

This is the first time Foster’s complete body of work has been published in one edition on such a grand scale. Giving a rare insight into the inner workings of his creative practice. It details his personal approach to his work, his inspirations, the link between art and architecture, and the significance and correlation to his other passions, such as being an avid aviator.

The monograph encompasses a lifetime of achievement and originality in two volumes. The first presents his architectural œuvre and is filled with numerous unpublished images and sketches handpicked by Foster from his archives. Paired with nearly 1000 illustrations, the second book contains eight essays he wrote explaining his sources of inspiration.

Aside from the 1999 Pritzker Prize, Norman Foster has won the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture, the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture, and the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture. This is a magnificent visual journey not only through significant buildings of our time but also into the mind of a genius. Norman Foster sketched every page of this book and spent countless hours with the author and the graphic designer to make it one of the most remarkable architecture books ever published.

Also available as an Art Edition of 300 copies with a 1-meter-wide signed print of a drawing by Norman Foster, picturing the upcoming multifunctional community and business center InnHub in La Punt, Switzerland. The two volumes of this edition are collected in a custom-designed slipcase that folds into a book stand.

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About the Authors

Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM, is an architect whose career has spanned six decades. He has created landmarks across the globe that stand out for their innovative modernity and underlying concern for users. The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, the Millau Viaduct in France, and two new towers on Park Avenue in New York are all projects he has carried forward with his practice of Foster+Partners. He is one of the most outstanding architects of our time.

Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM, is an architect whose career has spanned six decades. He has created landmarks across the globe that stand out for their innovative modernity and underlying concern for users. The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, the Millau Viaduct in France, and two new towers on Park Avenue in New York are all projects he has carried forward with his practice of Foster+Partners. He is one of the most outstanding architects of our time.

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.

From the Back Cover

Con una carrera desarrollada en todo el mundo durante más de seis décadas, la obra del arquitecto Norman Foster solo se puede calificar como extraordinaria. La innovación creativa y el enfoque holístico lo han convertido en uno de los arquitectos más influyentes y conocidos del mundo. Con Foster + Partners ha creado hitos que destacan por su modernidad inventiva y lo que él llama 'un enfoque sostenible para el diseño del entorno construido', desde el campus Apple Park en Cupertino, California, hasta el Reichstag en Berlín, el patio interior del Museo Británico en Londres o el viaducto de Millau en Francia.Por primera vez, la obra completa de Foster se presenta en una edición de una escala tan grande. Esta ofrece una perspectiva única del funcionamiento interno de su práctica creativa. Detalla el enfoque personal con el que aborda su oficio, sus inspiraciones, el vínculo entre arte y arquitectura, y el significado y la relación entre sus pasiones, como la aviación, con su trabajo.La monografía XXL abarca una vida de logros y originalidad en dos volúmenes. El primero presenta su obra arquitectónica y está lleno de imágenes y bocetos inéditos seleccionados por Foster procedentes de sus propios archivos. El segundo libro contiene casi 1.000 ilustraciones y ocho ensayos que escribió explicando sus fuentes de inspiración.Además del premio Pritzker de 1999, se ha reconocido a Foster con la Medalla de Oro de Arquitectura del American Institute of Architects, la Medalla Real de Oro de Arquitectura del Royal Institute of British Architects y la Medalla de Oro de la Academia Francesa de Arquitectura. Este es un magnífico viaje visual por algunas de las maravillas arquitectónicas más importantes y a la mente de un genio. Norman Foster esbozó cada página de esta edición y pasó innumerables horas con el autor y el diseñador gráfico para convertirlo en uno de los libros de arquitectura más extraordinarios jamás publicados.También disponible como Edición de Arte de 300 copias acompañado de una lámina firmada de 1 metro de ancho de un dibujo de Norman Foster de la futura comunidad multifuncional y centro de negocios InnHub en La Punt, Suiza. Los dos volúmenes de esta edición se presentan en un estuche diseñado a medida que se pliega en un atril.

Edition details

• Publisher: TASCHEN
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836596261
• ISBN 13: 9783836596268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1064
• Editor: Jodidio Philip