Author: Norman Foster
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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ISBN: 9788494717925
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Languages : es
Pages : 415

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The Norman Foster Foundation presents the introductory volume of 'Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975-2020', a new series reflecting Foster?s career from the 1970s until nowadays, through his personal sketchbooks.00?Norman Foster is a born draughtsman, specially gifted for sketching, and his drawings are particularly brilliant in their capacity for synthesis?. describes Jorge Sainz. As he puts it, ?His graphism has certainly evolved through time, but it maintains that economy of means characteristic of people who, besides a good hand for drawing, have very clear ideas.?00Edited by Jorge Sainz, Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975-2020 is the introductory title from a compilation of several volumes that will follow the work of Norman Foster in chronological decades, with two volumes published each year.00The architectural sketchbook is a place where a particular kind of drawing happens; it is something very personal, reflective and portable. Through the sketches, drawings and notes, readers can trace how Foster?s complex concepts are made manifest and develop on paper.00This introductory volume of the Norman Foster Foundation?s Sketchbooks series presents more than 546 drawings, making this a comprehensive collection of Foster?s sketchbook drawings from which he offers insights into the design process of not only his most influential projects but also of his inspirations.

Author: Norman Foster
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ISBN: 9788494717925
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"...Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975-2020 is the introductory title from a compilation of several volumes that will follow the work of Norman Foster in chronological decades, with two volumes published each year. This volume presents more than 546 drawings."--Publisher's website.

Author: Charles G. Häberl
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110487861
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 474

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Given the degree of popular fascination with Gnostic religions, it is surprising how few pay attention to the one such religion that has survived from antiquity until the present day: Mandaism. Mandaeans, who esteem John the Baptist as the most famous adherent to their religion, have in our time found themselves driven from their historic homelands by war and oppression. Today, they are a community in crisis, but they provide us with unparalleled access to a library of ancient Gnostic scriptures, as part of the living tradition that has sustained them across the centuries. Gnostic texts such as these have caught popular interest in recent times, as traditional assumptions about the original forms and cultural contexts of related religious traditions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, have been called into question. However, we can learn only so much from texts in isolation from their own contexts. Mandaean literature uniquely allows us not only to increase our knowledge about Gnosticism, and by extension all these other religions, but also to observe the relationship between Gnostic texts, rituals, beliefs, and living practices, both historically and in the present day.

Author: Jorge Sainz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788494717956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Following the earlier release of ?Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975?2020?, which compiles a selection of the architect?s graphic production taken from his collection of notebooks, this publication commences a systematic catalogue series consisting of drawings organised according to time period. The start date, 1975, marks the beginning of the initial sketchbooks saved by the archive of the Norman Foster Foundation. The closing year, 1980, represents the final decade of Foster Associates. Edited by architectural historian Jorge Sainz, the volume is organised in sections, first according to architectural projects and second by regularly occurring themes in Foster?s sketchbooks.

Author: Rem Koolhaas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783764365691
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 406

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"The nature of colour should change -no longer just a thin layer of change, but something that genuinely alters perception" -this stipulation of Rem Koolhaas is echoes by the world famous architects and designers Alessandro Mendini and Norman Foster. In this volume, they present between them a total of 90 colours -each covering half a page -accompanied by comments on the background, the significance and the applications of the colours. Studies of colours from each office form the basis of this book, and were previously only available in extravagant individual editions. With this comprehensive and consistent presentation of the varying approaches to colour, we have a compendium which shows the wide use of colour in today's technologically advanced architecture with its modern, post-modern and deconstructive orientation. The range of examples of the colours in practice includes load-bearing structures, facades, interior design, furnishing and the entire specturm of product design.

Author: Norman Foster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788494717901
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"'Norman Foster Talking and Writing' brings together, for the very first time, a selection of Norman Fosters most seminal lectures and essays. Spanning four decades, the publication is a comprehensive compilation of Fosters thoughts on architecture, urbanism, design, and technology and also compiles detailed descriptions of the development of some of Foster + Partners most influential projects. The publication presents a selection of lectures and essays alongside the original slides used in each of their presentations, spanning from the 1960s to the early 2000s, in what will surely be a point of reference for students, practitioners, and lovers of architecture for years to come" -- Amazon.com.

Author: Norman Foster
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"...Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975-2020 is the introductory title from a compilation of several volumes that will follow the work of Norman Foster in chronological decades, with two volumes published each year. This volume presents more than 546 drawings."--Publisher's website.

Author: Norman Foster
Publisher: Antique Collector's Club
ISBN: 9781916436107
Category : Architecture, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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- Featuring photography of every completed work from the practice's first fifty years - from Reliance Controls in 1967 to Comcast in 2017 - Foster + Partners Portfolio is the only comprehensive book on the complete work of the renowned practice ever published - Foster + Partners Portfolio features previously unpublished photography and drawings of some of the practice's most significant built and unbuilt work - Features Foster + Partners' recent work, including the European headquarters of Bloomberg in London - winner of the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize - The book opens with a foreword from Norman Foster - the Pritzker Prize-winning founder and executive chairman of Foster + Partners - Essays from respected writer, curator and consultant Peter Buchanan offer fresh insight into the practice and its exacting standards of design, sustainability, innovation and excellence - Foster + Partners Portfolio is the first in a new line of publications produced directly by the award-winning practice Foster + Partners Portfolio is a complete and extraordinary account of the first fifty years of Foster + Partners - a globally renowned studio for sustainable architecture, urbanism and design. Over the past half-century, the practice - founded as Foster Associates in 1967 - has grown into a multi-disciplinary studio, motivated by sustainable design and leading through creativity and innovation. This book provides a beautiful visual record that celebrates the practice's remarkable breadth of works - both built and unbuilt. For the first time ever, Portfolio features photography of every project completed in the practice's first five decades, as well as drawings of its most important unrealized designs. Through over 480 carefully edited images - many previously unpublished - the book highlights the enormous contribution the practice has made to a range of design disciplines. Portfolio is delineated into five decade-long chapters, spanning from 1967 to 2017. Photographic pairings, acting as a chronological record of over 340 built works, provide the book's visual narrative. Drawings of unbuilt works appear at the end of each decade, celebrating the people behind the projects and hinting at the depth of ideas that permeate the practice. By placing projects side-by-side that would not normally be seen together, the book offers new readings of Foster + Partners' oeuvre. Always thought-provoking, often surprising and sometimes humorous, the juxtaposed photographs and drawings have been chosen to illuminate evolving design ideas rather than detail the finished architecture. Connected by color and light, or contrasted by form and function, the image pairings are shown without the responsibility of spatial explanation. This abstraction puts the viewer close to the creative spark of the architect and offers a unique insight into one of the most inventive studios in the world.

Author: Norman Foster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788412730128
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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En el año inicial se completan dos trabajos particularmente importantes: Stansted, el tercer aeropuerto de Londres y la Century Tower en Tokyo. Hacia el final de 1991, el resultado de los cambios en la estructura organizativa del estudio se concreta. Esto se refleja más adelante cuando en enero de 1992 el nombre de la compañía cambia a Sir Norman Foster and Partners, incorporando el título otorgado a Foster dos años antes. En el año que cierra este volumen el estudio se encuentra inmerso en numerosos proyectos alrededor del planeta en Europa, Japón, Estados Unidos y, por primera vez Oriente Medio.Al igual que en volúmenes previos, la estructura es temática con una primera parte centrada en proyectos arquitectónicos ordenados por esquemas individuales. Hay dos secciones adicionales: una que incluye esquemas que, tal como recogen los cuadernos no pasaron de la fase preliminar de diseño y la otra que se centra en estudios sobre mobiliario e ideas de diseño, terminando con una sección de miscelánea.