Hearst Tower - Hardcover
Hearst Tower revives a dream from the 1920s, when the publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst commissioned a six storey Art Deco building on Eighth Avenue in New York, USA, anticipating that it would one-day form the base for a tower. The challenge in designing such a tower was to establish a dialogue between old and new, and in the process create something fresh. The tower's distinctive facetted silhouette - unique on the Manhattan skyline - is complemented by a lobby conceived on the scale of a bustling town square. Occupying the entire floor plate of the old building, this space provides access to all parts of the tower and a social focus for the Hearst community. This is a monograph that will appeal to all those interested in architecture and design.
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Hearst Tower revives a dream from the 1920s, when the publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst commissioned a six storey Art Deco building on Eighth Avenue in New York, USA, anticipating that it would one-day form the base for a tower. The challenge in designing such a tower was to establish a dialogue between old and new, and in the process create something fresh.
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Norman Foster is Founder and Chairman of Foster + Partners. He studied at Manchester University School of Architecture and Yale University, where he gained a Masters Degree. In 1967 he established Foster Associates now Foster + Partners which has grown to become one of the most respected international architectural practices. He was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize In 1999 and the Praemium Irnperiale in 2002; and in 2009 he became the twenty-ninth laureate of the Prince of Asturias Award for Arts. He was granted a Knighthood in 1990 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1997. In 1999 he became a life peer, taking the title Lord Foster of Thames Bank.
Joseph Giovannini is an architectural designer, critic and writer. He has been a contributor to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and Thu New York Times and to a number of books on contemporary architecture and design, including Graphic Design in America and Los Angeles at 25mph.
Joseph Giovannini is an architectural designer, critic and writer. He has been a contributor to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and Thu New York Times and to a number of books on contemporary architecture and design, including Graphic Design in America and Los Angeles at 25mph.
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- PublisherPrestel
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 3791344935
- ISBN 13 9783791344935
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
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