FOSTER, NORMAN

DESIGN FOR LIVING

By Norman Foster

Virtually everything that is man-made has been subject to a design process involving deliberate choices and decisions; in our Western civilisation that means nearly everything that we see, hear, touch and smell. To this extent the very quality of our day-to-day living is profoundly influenced by the quality of our design. Read more

BUILDING SIGHTS: BOEING 747

By Norman Foster

Lord Foster is the world's most admired architect of airports - but he is also a pilot and planes excite him as much, if not more than buildings.  In this short essay he argues that the Boeing 747 is, in fact, a work of architecture rather than just design.  It's just that it also flies. Read more