About this item
This is an anthology of writings on Foster, and by Foster, spanning 30 years, from the earliest days of the practice to the present. It includes discussions of all Foster's major buildings and projects, from early work with team 4 to recent landmarks such as the Reichstag and Hong Kong International Airport. It brings together 50 essays by Otl Aicher, Reyner Banham, Buckminster Fuller, Kenneth Frampton, Robert Maxwell and Robert AM Stern among many others. Alongside these writings are 50 essays by Foster himself, part memoir and part manifesto, he addresses a diverse range of issues from his development as an architect to environmental issues, new technologies and urban regeneration. Integrated with the book is a CD-ROM , which offers a view into the future. It allows unparalleled insights into the working methods of the Foster studio, including examples of parametric modelling, engineering and environmental impact studies and visualisations of many projects still under development.
Text and illustrations appear clean and unmarked. Light fading on page edges; CD present; binding sound; boards lightly marked; DJ good.
- Added value:
- first edition
- Author(s):
- Foster, Norman
- Condition:
- Used: very good
- Dimensions:
- 230x180mm
- Edition:
- 2000
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN-10:
- 3791324055
- ISBN-13:
- 9783791324050
- Number of pages:
- 814
- Publisher:
- Prestel
- Title:
- On Foster...Foster On
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