Download or read book Sir Norman Foster and Partners written by Volker Fischer and published by Edition Axel Menges. This book was released on 1997 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norman Foster, one of the most consistent advocates of architecture based on modern technology, achieved a world-wide reputation with the headquarters for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong Kong, Stansted Airport in London, Century Tower in Tokyo and his telecommunications tower in Barcelona. His most important projects in Germany are the conversion of the Reichstag building in Berlin and the new Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.