The Biography of a Building: How Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster Built a Great Museum

by Witold Rybczynski

Book Overview

Witold Rybczynski is an architectural writer with a superlative style, a uniquely humanistic approach to his subject, and an enormous reputation. The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia was Norman Foster's first major commission and the project that set him on the road to fame and fortune. It remains highly regarded in the architectural world.

This is a remarkable book about a remarkable building. We learn how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500342768
• ISBN13: 9780500342763
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"