SIR NORMAN FOSTER

LALNUNMAWIA
VANLALNELAWMA

The Hearst Tower

INTRODUCTION
Location : 951-969 Eighth
Ave at W47.
Built in 2004
Architect Norman Foster
International style (late
modern)

INTERNATIONAL
STYLE

rectilinear forms
plane surfaces
No ornamentation and decoration
open interior spaces
visually weightless
use of cantilever construction.
Glass and steel

ifference From

INTERNATIONAL STYLE!
An international style
building

+
with a very COMPLEX
DESIGN

Diagonal Grid
construction.

Hearst Tower won the

2008 International
Highrise Award

INTERNATIONAL STYLE,
NEW LOOK,
CONTEMPORARY

OLD, CLASSIC, TRADITION

ON THE BASE

PLANS

SECTIONS

ELEVATION

Expo MRT Station

Appointment:1997
Completion:2000
Area:7,164m
Capacity:17000 passengers at peak
times
Client:Land Transport Authority

Two dramatic roof structures announce the station: a 38-metre-diameter

stainless-steel disc covering the ticket hall, and a 200-metre-long ellipse clad in titanium that will last a hundred years - which shelters the passenger
concourse. These shapes overlap to dynamic visual effect. In one of the
warmest climates in the world the choice of roof materials also has an
environmental significance. The stainless-steel soffit reflects daylight into the
concourse, while the titanium cladding deflects the sun's rays, thus helping to
create a microclimate on the platforms that is up to four degrees cooler than
the outside temperature.

Environmentally, the stations open form has other

benefits, encouraging a cooling flow of air through the
building.
The choice of roof materials also has
an environmental significance.
Internally, the polished metal surface
reflects daylight down through the
building, minimising the need for
artificial lighting, while externally, the
cladding deflects the suns rays, thus
helping to create a microclimate on
the platforms that is refreshingly up to
four degrees cooler than the outside
temperature.

CITY HALL, LONDON

Appointment:1998
Completion:2002

Area:19 814m
Height:45 m
Client:More
London
Development
Ltd.

City Hall was constructed at a cost of 43 millionon a site formerly

occupied bywharvesserving thePool of London. The building does
not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent

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Appointment:2005
Completion:2013
Area:199,781m
Height:239 m
Client:Matthews Southwest
Developments Limited
Collaborating Architect:Zeidler
Partnership Architects
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architectural projects of 2012

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