NORMAN FOSTER talks with Paola Antonelli
ARCHITECTURE - Norman Foster - Hearst Tower
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Norman Foster - Boavista/Santos - Lisbon 2/2
- Date of Birth: 13 December, 1900
- Place of Birth: Richmond, Indiana
- Biography: Norman Foster (December 13, 1900 - July 7, 1976) was a American film director and actor.
Filmography
- It's All True (1993)
- Woman in the Rain (1976)
- The Deathhead Virgin (1974)
- The Green Hornet (1974)
- Double Solitaire (1974)
- Winesburg, Ohio (1973)
- Play It As It Lays (1972)
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972)
- The Great Sex War (1969)
- The Legend of Custer (1968)
- Custer (1967)
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1967)
News
Peter Zumthor's most renowned creation, the thermal spa in Vals, Switzerland. The Pritzker award will earn him $100,000 in prize money. Photograph: Martin Ruetschi/AP A little-known architect who runs a small practice in a remote village in the Swiss Alps... ... Full Article
National Museum of African-American History and Culture, (proposal), Freelon Adjaye Bond Smith Group /photo; John Barrat - Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution has just announced its choice of architects to design the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the... ... Full Article
Not long after the economic crisis hit last year, stalling big development projects around the world, a wide consensus emerged that the downturn could well spell the end of the age of celebrity architecture a decade or so after it... ... Full Article
Interiors: Hooked on classics
telegraph.co.uk –
2009-03-26
Thonet's bentwood chairs are so familiar and friendly, it comes as a shock to discover the technical innovation and history behind them. The grandaddy of them all, Chair No 14 (today known as 214), looks more at home in a... ... Full Article
Jan Kaplicky
telegraph.co.uk –
2009-03-20
Jan Kaplicky, the architect, who died on January 14 aged 71, was an uncompromising visionary whose relatively few built works belied the extent of his influence on the international architectural scene. ... Full Article
I had a few hours to kill a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd walk through the Arts District and check out the progress on the Wyly Theatre and Winspear Opera House . ... Full Article