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

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

by NormanFoster (Author), WitoldRybczynski (Author)

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Witold Rybczynski, one of the most fluent and avidly followed writers on architecture is the perfect guide to the remarkable inside story of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, created for Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury's private collection of paintings, drawings and sculpture. Biography of a Building gives an absorbing account, drawing in all the threads of the buildings history starting with the genesis of the Sainsbury's world-class art collection. The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts was Norman Fosters first public commission and opened to the public in April 1978.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 30 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0500342768
ISBN 13: 9780500342763

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[The artist's] latest....about the Norman Foster-designed Sainsbury Center in England.
Author Bio
Witold Rybczynski been teaching at McGill University in Montreal for twenty years. He is the author of scores of books and articles on architecture, including the award-winning A Clearing in the Distance.