Norman Foster - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Norman Foster write by Deyan Sudjic. This book was released on 2010-09-02. Norman Foster available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author of The Language of Things “takes readers on an engrossing tour of Foster’s life” from childhood to the world-renowned buildings he designed (Publishers Weekly, starred review). A leading pioneer of high-tech architecture, Norman Foster has worked across the globe, collaborating with luminaries such as R. Buckminster Fuller to Steve Jobs. Born in Manchester, England, Foster grew up in poverty, the son of a machine painter. He served in the Royal Air Force and worked in a local architect’s office before returning to school for architecture. Foster went on to design the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new court. He is also responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, the Rossiya tower in Moscow, one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan, as well as numerous other buildings around the world. In this insightful biography, Deyan Sudjic charts Foster’s remarkable life and career.
Louis I Khan Beyond Time and Style
Louis I Khan Beyond Time and Style - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Louis I Khan Beyond Time and Style write by Carter Wiseman. This book was released on 2007-02-27. Louis I Khan Beyond Time and Style available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first in-depth biographical study of the brilliant but elusive architect who fundamentally redefined twentieth-century architecture. Now ranked with Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe, Louis I. Kahn brought a reverence for history back into modern architecture while translating it into a uniquely contemporary idiom. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews with colleagues, coworkers, clients, and family members and illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, this book documents the uniquely American rise of a poor immigrant to the pinnacle of the international architectural world. It illuminates the richly diverse personal relationships Kahn had with such clients as Jonas Salk and Paul Mellon, and the romantic entanglements that mystified even those closest to him. While celebrating the genius of Kahnís art, the book provides an invaluable portrait of the man who created it.
Lives in Architecture
Lives in Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lives in Architecture write by Peter Cook. This book was released on 2021-08-31. Lives in Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Peter Cook has been a pivotal figure within the architecture world for over half a century. He first came to international renown in the 1960s as a founder of the radical, experimental group Archigram, winners of the 2002 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. He is also former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, and Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London). Suffused with Peter’s infectious energy, enthusiasm and charm, this intriguing memoir explores major themes in architecture through the lens of his life and work. Taking the reader on a journey through his colourful and wide-ranging career, it touches on his early years and architectural education, his relationships with key figures within the architecture community and his work teaching and lecturing internationally. It also provides an inside account of his leadership of the Bartlett, for which he is frequently credited as a central figure in rescuing the reputation of a once-ailing, now world-famous, school of architecture. Featuring full-colour images of his most famous drawings, including Archigram’s ‘Plug-in City’, and built works, such as the Kunsthaus Graz in Austria and the Vienna Economics and Business University’s Department of Law and Central Administration Buildings, this book is a window into the life of one of architecture’s most celebrated rebels.
Living Architecture
Living Architecture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Living Architecture write by James F. O'Gorman. This book was released on 1997. Living Architecture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Elegantly written and filled with lush, full-color photos, this is the first in-depth portrait of H.H. Richardson, the greatest American architect of the 19th century and a man whose magnetic, colorful personality was equal to his genius. 150 photos, 100 in full color.
The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects write by Robert McCarter. This book was released on 2017. The Work of Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An inspiring monograph that captures the practical yet beautiful architecture of one of the leading architectural firms in the world
