The biography of a building : how Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster built a great museum / Witold Rybczynski ; [with a tribute by Norman Foster].

Main entry:

Rybczynski, Witold.

Title & Author:

The biography of a building : how Robert Sainsbury and Norman Foster built a great museum / Witold Rybczynski ; [with a tribute by Norman Foster].

Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.

Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A tribute to Sir Robert and Lady Sainsbury / by Norman Foster -- One has to choose -- Life ever after -- The collectors and the architect -- The shed -- The living area -- Life and lux -- Foster's fortune -- Architect redux -- A place for art.

Summary:

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 a major museum is conceived and developed, the role of the sponsor, the nature of collecting, and the experiences of the people who occupy the space. Rybczynski succeeds in telling the whole story of the Sainsbury Centre and the multiple impulses and inspirations that brought it into being.

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ISBN:

9780500342763 (hbk.)
0500342768 (hbk.)

Subject:

Foster, Norman, 1935-
Sainsbury, Robert J. (Robert James), 1906-2000.
Sainsbury, Robert J. (Robert James), 1906-2000 Art collections.
Sainsbury, Lisa Art collections.
Foster, Norman.
Sainsbury, Robert J.
Foster, Norman 1935-
Foster, Norman (Architekt)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection.
Norwich Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Buildings
Architektur
Konstmuseer.
Museibyggnader.
Arkitektur.
Norwich (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England Norwich

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.

Added entries:

Foster, Norman, 1935-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275051
Call No.: BIB 209048
Status: Available

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