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 The first presents his architectural œuvre and is filled with numerous unpublished images and sketches handpicked by Foster from his archives.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

Seine Arbeit gilt zu Recht als außergewöhnlich. Mit einer weltumspannenden Karriere über sechs Jahrzehnte schöpft
Norman Foster
, einer der einflussreichsten Architekten unserer Zeit, aus dem Vollen: Für ihn gehören kreative Innovation und ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz untrennbar zusammen, wenn es darum geht,
architektonische Wahrzeichen
zu erschaffen. Der
Apple Park
im kalifornischen Cupertino, der
Berliner Reichstag
, der
Innenhof des British Museum
in London oder der
Millau-Viadukt
in Frankreich - die mit seinem Architekturbüro Foster + Partners entworfenen Werke beweisen nicht nur erfinderische Modernität, sondern auch Fosters ureigenes
"nachhaltiges Konzept zur Gestaltung der gebauten Umwelt"
.






Erstmals offenbart Foster in einer umfassenden Gesamtschau
seltene Einblicke in seinen kreativen Schaffensprozess
. Der vielseitig interessierte Architekt schildert seine Arbeitsweise und schlägt den Bogen sowohl von der Kunst zur Architektur als auch von seinen Leidenschaften - beispielsweise für das Fliegen - zu seiner Arbeit.






Die
XXL-Monografie in zwei Bänden
führt uns durch ein Leben voller Originalität und Schaffensdrang. Während das erste Buch Fosters architektonische Arbeit mit mehr als
2000 Fotos und Skizzen aus seinen persönlichen Archiven
präsentiert, enthält das zweite neben fast 1000 weiteren Illustrationen
acht Essays des Architekten zu den Quellen seiner Inspiration
.






Diese
visuelle Erkundungsreise
bringt uns nicht nur die außerordentliche Leistung, sondern auch das Genie Norman Fosters näher, zu dessen Auszeichnungen der Pritzker-Preis 1999, die Goldmedaille für Architektur des American Institute of Architects, die Royal Gold Medal for Architecture sowie die Goldmedaille der French Academy of Architecture gehören.
Gemeinsam mit dem Autor und dem Designer schuf Norman Foster mit viel Leidenschaft ein wahres Gesamtkunstwerk
.






Auch erhältlich als Art Edition, limitiert auf 300 Exemplare. Mit einem signierten Kunstdruck einer Zeichnung des künftigen Innovations- und Begegnungszentrums InnHub La Punt in der Schweiz und einem maßgefertigten, zum Buchständer aufklappbaren Schuber.

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