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Item Number: 113133
Title: [FOSTER] The Biography of a Building
Author: Rybczynski, Witold
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9780500342763
Description: New York: WW Norton, 2011. 24cm., hardcover, 208pp., 70 illus., most in color. Publisher's summary : Witold Rybczynski is an architectural writer with a superlative style, a uniquely humanistic approach to his subject, and an enormous reputation. The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia was Norman Foster’s first major commission and the project that set him on the road to fame and fortune. It remains highly regarded in the architectural world. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable building. We learn how a major museum is conceived and developed, the role of the sponsor, the nature of collecting, and the experiences of the people who occupy the space. Rybczynski succeeds in telling the whole story of the Sainsbury Centre and the multiple impulses and inspirations that brought it into being. 30 full-color and 40 black-and-white illustrations.
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