About the Author

Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM, is an architect whose career has spanned six decades. He has created landmarks across the globe that stand out for their innovative modernity and underlying concern for users. The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, the Millau Viaduct in France, and two new towers on Park Avenue in New York are all projects he has carried forward with his practice of Foster+Partners. He is one of the most outstanding architects of our time.

Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on numerous major architects, including Norman Foster, Tadao Ando, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid.

Reviews

The heavyweight - literally, at 21 pounds - of architecture-book offerings.
*Architectural Record*

The design read of the year captures Norman Foster's infinite impact on our world.
*The Globe and Mail*

A major retrospective.
*The Guardian*

The architect's lifetime of achievement has been seminal in the built environment scene globally... through this book you can delve deeper and enjoy a wealth of unpublished images and sketches that have been handpicked by the man himself.
*Wallpaper*

The first time that the complete oeuvre of this architecture giant has been published, showcasing his innovative and holistic approach to his craft.
*Designboom*

Everything inspires me. Sometimes I ask myself if I see things which others don't.
*Norman Foster*

Norman Foster's buildings are not mere strokes of genius; they emerge from the context of his life and times.
*Philip Jodidio*

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
*Norman Foster*