| Description |
240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-229) and index. |
| Contents |
One has to choose : Robert and Lisa Sainsbury create an art collection. Exhibitions in America and the Netherlands. Meeting Kho -- Life ever after : The gift. How three private collectors founded notable museums -- The collectors and the architect : Choosing Norman Foster. A study tour. Identifying a site -- The shed : The design of the Sainsbury Centre. A last-minute change drastically alters the concept -- The living area : Creating a setting for the Sainsbury collection. Light, lighting and display -- Life and lux : The building opens and the critics react -- Foster's fortune : The evolution of lightweight modernism. American influences and the British engineering tradition -- Architect redux : The Sainsbury Centre expands underground. Why it is rare for architects to add to their own work -- A place for art : The third phase of construction. The Sainsbury Centre today. |
| Subject |
Foster, Norman, 1935-
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Sainsbury, Robert J. (Robert James), 1906-2000.
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Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
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Norwich (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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| Added Author |
Foster, Norman, 1935-
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| ISBN |
9780500342763 hardback $29.95 |
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0500342768 hardback |
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