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Compiled by Norman Foster, "Reflections" is his personal statement about architecture, how it is understood and how it is perceived. Organised thematically in a series of visual 'chapters', it collates and contrasts black and white photographic images from four decades of Foster's practice, to create a compelling visual narrative. For Foster, the book reflects his belief that architecture is essentially a social art; a necessity and not a luxury; that it is generated by people's needs, which are both spiritual and material. It has much to do with optimism, joy, and reassurance-of order in a disordered world, of privacy in the midst of many, of space in a crowded site, of light on a dull day. It is about quality - the quality of the space and the poetry of the light that models it. This book attempts to explore some of these themes and ideas in an abstract way and, in doing so, to trace connections through Foster's extensive oeuvre. Some of the images will be familiar, and some will be unexpected. Together they provide a fascinating source for reflection.

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Known for its technological imagery, structural clarity, and assertive modernism, Foster's architecture won him the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999. He has become England's preeminent contemporary architect, credited with such worldwide projects as the Sackler Galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Carré d'Art in Nîmes, France, and more recently, the redesigned Reichstag in Berlin. This second chronological installment of Norman Foster: Works features an inscrutably dense arrangement of 18 critical essays, illustrations, outtakes, and unattributed building descriptions presumably originating from the architect's office. Interspersed with sketches, color photographs, axonometric projections, sections, and model views, excerpts of criticism from the architectural press augment the 18 critical essays. Two double gate-folded pages present time lines of plans and tower elevations.Reflections, the companion volume, is made up entirely of magnificent black-and-white photographic reproductions of the work. Editor Jenkins's earlier monograph on the architect, On Foster...Foster On, is far more accessible in structure and offers greater clarity. Still, both volumes are recommended for large architectural collections.-- Paul Glassman, Hofstra Univ. Lib., Hempstead, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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Norman Foster of Foster and Partners has won numerous international awards including the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1999 and the Stirling Prize in 2004.