EDITORIAL

Norman Foster’s abc
by Matteo Poli and Paolo Rosselli

FOSTER SPEAKS

01.At Beijing Airport
It’s a tremendous arrival
01. Beijing Airport
01. Models, Prototypes, Simulations
02. 1946. Wichita Dymaxion House

02. Brainstorming. Foster’s Foundation
A tour in Beijing
Three Shadows Gallery. The first photographic gallery in Beijing
01. 798 Beijing, 798 Space
Madrid. A perfect building?
02. The Foundation
Technological issues

03. Tribute to Fuller
Bucky and me
Assembly of materials
02. Evolution
03. Caja Madrid Tower
The exhibition’s catalogue
03. Fuller exhibition, Madrid
Dymaxion Car n.4
The making of a unique car
04. Duxford

04.The Hazbins tour
Carré d’Art for dummies photos by Giovanna Silva
05. Carré d’Art, Nîmes
04. Cycles

05. The aircraft carrier, London
Vocation: client care
06. IBM Head Office
07. Canary Wharf
Reconstructing a project
08. British Museum
Vocation: style vs. philosophy
Cataloguing – The archive
Foster office by Salottobuono
09. Swiss Re
Production and financial structure
10. Millennium Bridge
Vocation: pure research
Vocation: software and computers
11. City Hall
Vocation: preparing a meeting
On stage
The presentation of the book Norman Foster: A life in Architecture
Biography – The movie

06. Man, Machine & Motion…
E-Type, a meticulous regeneration
05. Auto / Cars
12. McLaren Technology Centre

07. Foster unplugged
Fragments from private conversation
13. Chesa Futura
Ruch on Foster – Foster on Ruch
Not Vital – Norman Foster
Fostercity by Salottobuono
Abaco by Salottobuono

NEW PROJECTS

01. Astana
Astana, July 4th 2010
Khan Shatyr by Thomas Lane

02. Sperone Westwater Gallery, Bowery NYC
Foster’s Downtown Moment by Cathy Lang Ho photos by Nigel Coates + Stéfan Jonot
The client speaks by Paola Nicolin

03. Utopian Masdar
Masdar Science Fiction
Fuller and the D45 in Masdar photos by Foster + Partners

FRONT COVER Norman Foster
Photo by Paolo Rosselli