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Foster + Partners / ed. by Sandra Hofmeister.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mnchen : DETAIL, [2024]Copyright date: 2024Description: 1 online resource (168 p.) : numerous illustrations and photosContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783955536329
  • 9783955536336
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 721
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Lusail Towers, Lusail City, QA -- DY Patil University Centre of Excellence, Navi Mumbai, IN -- Shek O Residence, Hong Kong, HK -- 425 Park Avenue, New York, US -- Musée Narbo Via, Narbonne, FR -- House of Wisdom, Sharjah, AE -- Le Dôme Winery, Saint-Émilion, FR -- Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, US -- Structural Design at Foster + Partners -- UAE Pavilion, Milan Expo, Milan, IT; Masdar, AE -- Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago, US -- Maggie’s Manchester, Manchester, GB -- Redevelopment of Marseille Vieux Port, Marseille, FR -- Sustainability in Construction -- Appendix -- Imprint
Summary: Foster + Partners is one of the world’s best-known and most influential design firms. Founded in London in 1967 by Norman Foster, the firm has been synonymous with high-tech architecture and ground-breaking projects in urban planning, engineering and design for more than five decades. The monograph presents 11 selected exciting works from recent times. They range from smaller buildings, such as the winery near Bordeaux, to large-scale projects, such as the Tocumen International Airport in Panama. Construction details and axonometries, sketches, photos and texts reflect the great structural engineering expertise of Foster + Partners. In interviews and essays, companions of the office founder, partners and project participants speak.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Lusail Towers, Lusail City, QA -- DY Patil University Centre of Excellence, Navi Mumbai, IN -- Shek O Residence, Hong Kong, HK -- 425 Park Avenue, New York, US -- Musée Narbo Via, Narbonne, FR -- House of Wisdom, Sharjah, AE -- Le Dôme Winery, Saint-Émilion, FR -- Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, US -- Structural Design at Foster + Partners -- UAE Pavilion, Milan Expo, Milan, IT; Masdar, AE -- Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago, US -- Maggie’s Manchester, Manchester, GB -- Redevelopment of Marseille Vieux Port, Marseille, FR -- Sustainability in Construction -- Appendix -- Imprint

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Foster + Partners is one of the world’s best-known and most influential design firms. Founded in London in 1967 by Norman Foster, the firm has been synonymous with high-tech architecture and ground-breaking projects in urban planning, engineering and design for more than five decades. The monograph presents 11 selected exciting works from recent times. They range from smaller buildings, such as the winery near Bordeaux, to large-scale projects, such as the Tocumen International Airport in Panama. Construction details and axonometries, sketches, photos and texts reflect the great structural engineering expertise of Foster + Partners. In interviews and essays, companions of the office founder, partners and project participants speak.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)