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NORMAN ROBERT FOSTER
BORN IN MANCHESTER,ENGLAND 1935
ENGLISH ARCHITECT
LORD NORMAN FOSTER OF THE THAMES BANK
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND CITY PLANNING
YALE UNIVERSITY
RICHARD ROGERS AND FOSTER ASSOCIATES (FOSTER+PARTNER)
CAREER
FASCINATION WITH ENGINEERING
PROCESS OF DESIGNING
PHILOSOPHY
DESIGN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
HIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE
BUILDING SKYLINE OR STREETSCAPE
MATERIAL LIGHTWEIGHT
BUILDING NATURALLY ECOLOGY VENTILATED
STEEL FORMWORK FOR THE SLAB
CIRCULAR COLUMNS CONNECTING FLOORS
INCLINED STEEL COLUMNS
SPHERICAL FOR MINIMIZES THE SURFACE AREA
RESPONSIVE CLADDING SYSTEM
RECIRCULATION OF ENERGY
DISPLACEMENT VENTILLATION SYSTEM
CROSS BRACED STEEL
CLADDING OF DOUBLE GLAZED GLASS
TRIANGULATED PERIMETER
RESISTANCE TO HIGH WIND TURBULANCE
SLENDER SHAPE
MINIMUM RESISTANCE TO WIND
NATURAL VENTILLATION GAP IN EACH FLOOR SYSTEM SIX AIR SHAFT
PULLS WARM AIR WARM THE BUILDINGDURING SUMMER DURING WINTER
PASSIVESOLAR
HEATING
LENS SHAPED CAP360 DEGREE VIEW OF LONDON CITY
FLOOR OF ATRIUM HEAT CONDUCTIVE LIMESTONE
COOLING IN HEATING INSUMMER WINTER
RAIN WATER COOLING SYSTEM HARVEST WATER SCLUPTURE
RECYCLED MATERIAL 85%
ENERGY CONSUPTION 22% LESS
POLYETHYLENE TUBING
CIRULATES WATER
NEWYORK CITY’S FIRST LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,LEED GOLD SKYSCRAPER!
PYRAMID 62M SITS ON 15M EARTH COVERED BLOCK
FIVE STOREY OF TRIANGLES12M ON A SIDE
STEEL FRAME FOR PYRAMIDGLAZED APEXCONCRETE FOR LOWER LEVELS
DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION
ACCOMODATES OPERA HALL FOR 1500 SEATERS MUSEUM FOR NATIONAL HISTORY RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORLD RELIGION LIBRARY OF SPIRIUAL RELIGIOUS LITERATURE EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE ROOM
RELIGIOUS UNDERTANDING
RENUNCIATION OF VIOLENCE
PROMOTION OF FAITH AND HUMAN EQUALITY
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
1999 LORD BARON FOSTER OF THAMES BANK1994 AIA GOLD MEDAL1999 PRITZKER PRIZE
2009 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDAGA KHAN AWARD
SECOND BRITISH ARCHITECT TO HAVE WON STERLING AWARD
DESIGN ELEMENT
DYNAMIC APPEARANCE BUT ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE
USE OF BOLD SHAPES AND COLORS
USE OF ORGANIC FORMS
LIGHT WITH A HEALING FUNCTION
PLAY WITH LAYERS
FLEXIBLE ENERGY EFFICIENT
HIGH TECH BUILDING