Norman Foster And The British Museum

Author : Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic,Spencer De Grey
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015053513340

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Norman Foster and the British Museum by Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic,Spencer De Grey Pdf

A landmark in the history of the British Museum and one of Norman Foster's most significant projects to date, the Great Court has reclaimed and reinvigorated one of London's most important public spaces, transforming the Museum. Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Foster's work held at the British Museum, this volume brings together essays, design drawings and photographs to provide an account of the development and completion of Foster's project. An introductory essay by Deyan Sudjic presents the Great Court as the culmination of centuries of change within the Museum - a reconciliation of past and future which has both restored and transfigured the heart of this public institution. Spencer de Grey, a partner at Foster and Partners, documents the design and construction of the individual elements within the Great Court and the vast glazed canopy which surmounts them. The volume is introduced by Norman Foster and illustrated with photographs of the Great Court during its construction and in its spectacular finished state.

Author : Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Courtyards
ISBN : 3791345907

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The Great Court at the British Museum by Norman Foster,Deyan Sudjic Pdf

KEYNOTE:From initial sketches to final project, this book documents the "reinvention" of the British Museum's Great Court. One of the world's greatest institutions of learning and art, the British Museum sees nearly six million visitors annually. Yet until Norman Foster's remarkable transformation of its courtyard, the enormous rambling structure was like a city without a park. Numerous photographs reveal the court from a variety of perspectives and show the cutting-edge technology of the spectacular glazed canopy that shelters what is now the largest covered public space in Europe. Involving the magnificent restoration of the Reading Room, the creation of new galleries for African art and a range of educational resources, the Great Court project was a herald of the British Museum's wider transformation. The project and this book illuminate Foster + Partners' holistic and ingenious approach to contemporary design. AUTHOR: Deyan Sudjic is director of London's Design Museum. He writes frequently about architecture. ILLUSTRATIONS: 90 colour

Author : Robert Anderson,Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015050756082

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The Great Court and the British Museum by Robert Anderson,Robert Geoffrey William Anderson Pdf

As one of the world's greatest museums approaches its 250th anniversary, the British Museum has undertaken a massive development programme, largely facilitated by the removal of the British Library from Bloomsbury. The Great Court, commissioned by the British Museum from Norman Foster and Partners following a prestigious architectural competition, is at the centre of plans to position the Museum for the new millennium and to present it as a great new civic space. A 6100 square metre glass canopy will cover the new cultural plaza that has been designed around the dome of the famous Round Reading Room. A link between the Museum's important architectural history and building design of the future, the Great Court project is destined to be one of the great architectural sights of Europe.

Author : Ken Powell
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015063348398

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The Great Court at the British Museum by Ken Powell Pdf

The latest addition to Art Spaces series profiles one of the most famous and prestigious buildings in the world. The two-acre square, enclosed by a spectacular glass roof, transforms the Museum's inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe.

Author : Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780297864424

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Norman Foster by Deyan Sudjic Pdf

A biography of Lord Foster, one of the world's foremost architects, written with his full co-operation. Norman Foster is a phenomenon - as an architect, but also as an individual. He is responsible for a dozen or more of the most recognisable buildings of the last thirty years. Under his driven leadership, what is now called Foster and Partners has grown to an international firm with almost 1,000 employees, building astonishing constructions all over the world. Deyan Sudjic explores the nature of the impact that he has had on architecture, and on the contemporary city. It traces his remarkable journey from the backstreets of Manchester, the determination with which he has built a global architectural practice, and his huge creative impact on what we see around us. Amongst many other buildings, Norman Foster is responsible for the design of Beijing's new airport, one of the world's largest, for the Rossiya tower in Moscow, in contention to be the tallest skyscraper in Europe until the credit crunch killed it, for one of the towers at Ground Zero in Manhattan, and for a crop of new towers in London. He designed the Reichstag, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banks headquarters in London and China, the new Wembley stadium and the British Museum's new court. Deyan Sudjic's insightful and elegantly written biography charts the remarkable life of one of the world's most influential architectural figures.

Author : Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : 0714150428

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The Great Court and the British Museum by Robert Geoffrey William Anderson Pdf

"At the 250th anniversary, the British Museum undertook a huge redevelopment programme, largely facilitated by the removal of the British Library from its midst. Lord Foster's Great Court is at the centre of the positioning of the Museum for the new millennium, creating at the same time a new civic space. A vast glass canopy curves over a specially-created piazza, with the dome of the famous round Reading Room at its centre. Lying at the heart of the Museum, the Great Court forges a link between the Museum's important architectural history and a 21st century concept of building design on the grand scale. The Great Court explores the creation of this unique 'urban room', the impetus and background of the project, the architectural competition, the complex design and construction process, and the very role of the Museum itself."--Publisher description.

Author : Michael Barnes,Michael Dickson
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architectural design
ISBN : 0727728776

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Widespan Roof Structures by Michael Barnes,Michael Dickson Pdf

Presents world thinking on the design and construction of large covered spaces. This book aims to offer insights into many of the innovative construction design projects. It explores the advances within stressed membrane roofing, atria and glass structures, with a focus on international developments. It also addresses the problems of construction.

Author : Norman Foster,David Jenkins
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architects
ISBN : UCSD:31822034505743

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Norman Foster by Norman Foster,David Jenkins Pdf

The most recent works of Norman Foster are the focus of the latest installment of a multi-volume retrospective that celebrates in detail the architect's remarkable career.

Author : Rob Humphreys
Publisher : Rough Guides
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1843530937

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The Rough Guide to London by Rob Humphreys Pdf

This definitive insiders' handbook to London covers all the sights from the old favorites to new wonders such as the London Eye and Tate Modern Gallery at Bankside. Includes additions to listings for clubs, shopping, dining, and performing arts. 35 maps. color maps.

Author : Norman Foster
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015062529832

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Reflections by Norman Foster Pdf

Compiled by Foster himself, contrasting projects from the last four decades of his practice create a beautiful and compelling photographic record.

Author : Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Architects
ISBN : UCAL:B4328883

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Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, James Stirling by Deyan Sudjic Pdf

Studie over - met afbeeldingen van - het werk van drie vooraanstaande Britse architecten, resp. geb. 1935, 1933 en 1926

Author : Deyan Sudjic
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781468302769

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Norman Foster by Deyan Sudjic Pdf

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.

Author : James Fergusson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : COLUMBIA:AR00007056

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Observations on the British Museum, National Gallery, and National Record Office, with Suggestions for Their Improvement by James Fergusson Pdf

Author : James FERGUSSON (Architect.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023342084

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Observations on the British Museum, National Gallery, and National Record Office, with suggestions for their improvement by James FERGUSSON (Architect.) Pdf

Author : James Hamilton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786691828

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The British Museum by James Hamilton Pdf

A concise history of one of the world's greatest and most comprehensive museum collections, from its founding in 1753. A product and symbol of the 18th-century Enlightenment, the British Museum is as iconic an expression of that cultural tendency as Johnson's Dictionary, the French Encyclopedie and Linnaean plant classification. Its collections embody the raw material of empiricism – the bringing together of things to enable the widest intellectual experiment to take place. James Hamilton explores the establishment of the Museum in the 1750s (from the bequest to the nation of the collections of Sir Hans Sloane); the chosen site of its location; the cultural context in which it came into being; the subsequent development, expansion and diversification of the Museum, both as a collection and as a building, from the early 19th to the 21st century; the controversy occasioned by some of its acquisitions; and the legacy and influence of the Museum nationally and globally.