Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
Architect
The Keep...carapace. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a reunited Germany topped its ancestral Parliament with a see-through dome, designed by Norman Foster, that has become one of Berlin's biggest tourist attractions. These buildings do not... In this article: First Avenue, United Nations, Democracy, Duplicity, Car bomb, Timothy McVeigh, and Norman Foster |
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San Francisco Chronicle | 1 day ago
Rick Steves' Europe: Frankfurt
...includes the twin towers of Deutsche Bank, the Euro Tower (home of the European Central Bank), and the headquarters of Commerzbank, designed by Norman Foster (of Berlin Reichstag fame). This 985-foot skyscraper has nine winter gardens...
In this article: Frankfurt, Mayer Rothschild, Holy Roman Emperors, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Germany, Main River, Europe, Sauerkraut, and Sausage
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washingtonpost.com | November 21, 2009
The Impulsive Traveler: Dallas Art District offers sculpture, music and more
Next door to the Symphony Center is the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, created by yet another Pritzker-prize winner, Norman Foster. Its signature red cylindrical drum, lit up at night, juts up from the glass-enclosed building...
In this article: Texas, Norman Foster, Dallas, Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Ice cream, Pritzker-prize, and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
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TIME | November 15, 2009
Architecture Review: Dallas's New Theater, Opera House
...of REX Architects. The other, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, is from the mighty office of the British architect Lord Norman Foster. The buildings are so unlike each other they're barely on speaking terms, but in their...
In this article: Dallas, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Pritzker Prize, New York City, Opera House, Renzo Piano, and I.M. Pei
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Times Online | November 13, 2009
Architecture: hail the new puritanism
...David Chipperfield, Tony Fretton, Sergison Bates and Eric Parry, emerged from beneath the vast hi-tech, high- modernist shadow of Norman Foster, Sir Richard Rogers and Will Alsop - more interested in buildings as machines - that has...
In this article: Caruso St John, Will Alsop, Nottingham Contemporary, Recession, Peter Zumthor, Nottingham, and University of Derby
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National Post | November 07, 2009
United Germany was centuries in the making
...square mile, and would soon be joined by the magnificent monuments of a reunited Germany: the brilliantly restored (by British architect Norman Foster) Reichstag, the immense but benign, white chancellery, and soon, the restored Schloss of...
In this article: Germany, Central Committee, Poland, Mikhail Gorbachev, Britain, United States, and Helmut Kohl
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Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | November 04, 2009
Berlin: the party goes on...
...of the Berlin Wall, Adrian Bridge finds a city as vibrant as ever. Ever-present crowds at the Brandenburg Gate Photo: ALAMY Sir Norman Foster?s Reichstag dome Photo: ALAMY Berlin is a city that is constantly reinventing itself - and...
In this article: Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, Norman Foster, Reichstag, Champagne, Sausage, Berlin Philharmonic, and Michelin
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Guardian Unlimited | November 02, 2009
Will Alsop returns to architecture
...about a decade ago. The tipping point was probably a commission for the "Fourth Grace" for Liverpool's historic waterfront: Alsop beat Norman Foster and Richard Rogers to win the prestigious competition with his radical "cloud" structure, but...
In this article: Will Alsop, RMJM, London, Stirling Prize, Norman Foster, and Trademark
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Full print edition | October 29, 2009
Dallas does culture: Lights down, curtain up
...belts, Dallas is polishing its buckle ON ONE side of Flora Street is the Bill and Margot Winspear Opera House, an airy space designed by Norman Foster. Across the street is the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, a silver cube designed by Joshua...
In this article: Dallas, Silver, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Norah Jones, and Erykah Badu
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BBC News | October 28, 2009
Housing awards shortlist unveiled
The Quartermile project was designed by Norman Foster and Partners The multi-million pound Quartermile development in Edinburgh has topped the shortlist for Scotland's oldest housing awards. The development on the site of the city's old...
In this article: Norman Foster, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Foster and Partners, and Scotland
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The Australian | October 23, 2009
Tall storeys
...This is one of Hong Kong's most impressive buildings, thanks to a design by noted British architect Norman Foster. The first thing you'll notice about the bank is its ladderlike exterior. That's because the initial plan was to build around the...
In this article: Hong Kong, MTR, Norman Foster, Central Plaza, Lippo Centre, Langham Place, and Bisque
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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, RDI, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice.
- Birth Date:
- June 01, 1935
- Birthplace:
- Stockport, Cheshire, England
- Nationality:
- British
- Known for:
- American Hangar at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
- 30 St Mary Axe, London
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