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NORMAN FOSTER

NETWORKS

FOSTER, NORMAN

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Editorial:
TASCHEN
Año de edición:
2026
Materia
ISBN:
978-3-7544-0682-3
Páginas:
368
Encuadernación :
Cartoné
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Norman Foster. Networks offers a rare first-person insight into the ideas, influences, and connections that have shaped one of the world's greatest architects. Penned and curated by Foster himself, it brings together eight immersive essays in which he explores architecture not as a professional pursuit, but a nexus of passions, disciplines, and lived experience. In Roots, Foster examines his modest start in Manchester alongside his lifelong fascination with aviation, tracing the formative threads that underpin his work. Flight emerges as both obsession and metaphor, informing his pursuit of lightness, efficiency, and technical elegance. His deep attachment to the Alpine landscape-where he lives in a self-designed home of the future-reveals how place, climate, and topography continue to shape his thinking. Nature, Art, and Making are explored as essential creative partners to his architectural practice. The essays on Place and Cities widen the lens, considering memory, identity, and civic life, and how buildings collectively shape the public realm. Illustrated with nearly 1,000 photographs, sketches, artworks, film stills, and other cultural references, this extraordinary book is both a visual atlas and an intellectual framework-a self-exploration of the thinking behind such iconic works as Apple Park in Cupertino, the Reichstag in Berlin, the British Museum's Great Court in London, the Millau Viaduct in France, and the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi. It brings into focus the ideas, curiosities, and connections that define this colossus of modern architecture.


Norman Foster. Networks ofrece una visión excepcional en primera persona de las ideas, influencias y conexiones que han definido a uno de los arquitectos más importantes del mundo. Escrito y supervisado por Foster, reúne ocho ensayos en los que se explora en profundidad la arquitectura no como una profesión aislada, sino como un cruce de pasiones, disciplinas y experiencias vitales. 

En “Raíces”, Foster examina sus modestos comienzos en Mánchester y su fascinación de toda la vida por la aviación, trazando los hilos formativos que sustentan su obra. “Vuelo” emerge como obsesión y metáfora, influyendo en su búsqueda de ligereza, eficiencia y elegancia técnica. En “Alpino”, su profunda conexión con el paisaje de los Alpes —donde vive en una casa del futuro diseñada por él mismo— revela cómo el lugar, el clima y la topografía siguen moldeando su pensamiento. 

“Naturaleza”, “Arte” y “Creación” se exploran como aliados esenciales de su práctica arquitectónica. Los ensayos sobre “Lugar” y “Ciudades” amplían la mirada hacia la memoria, la identidad y la vida cívica, y cómo los edificios, en conjunto, configuran el espacio público. 

Ilustrado con cerca de 1000 fotografías, bocetos, obras de arte, fotogramas de cine y otras referencias culturales, este libro extraordinario es tanto un atlas visual como un marco intelectual que ilumina el pensamiento detrás de obras icónicas como el Apple Park en Cupertino, el Reichstag en Berlín, el Great Court del British Museum en Londres, el viaducto de Millau en Francia y el Museo Nacional Zayed en Abu Dabi. Pone en primer plano las ideas, curiosidades y conexiones que definen a este coloso de la arquitectura moderna. 

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