Description: Architectural icon Norman Foster walks us through his most famous projects, from the Millennium Bridge and the "Gherkin", to Apple Park and Berlin's Reichstag. Encompassing his entire oeuvre, and packed with unpublished sketches and handpicked images, this is a chronicle of six decades of brilliant, beautiful, boundary-pushing architecture.
Brief description:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Homes for Our Time series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.
Review Quotes: "Norman Foster's buildings are not mere strokes of genius; they emerge from the context of his life and times."-- "Philip Jodidio"