Foster 40
Foster 40 by Norman Foster is a 2007 Science & Technology book written by TED speaker Norman Foster, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "My green agenda for architecture" (2008), 927K views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 1 year before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 2 books by Norman Foster on Books Worth Reading (2000–2007), by publication year.
- Edition: Brand: Prestel Publishing, 2007 · 399 pages
The paired TED talk
My green agenda for architecture (2008), the TED talk by Norman Foster.
From the publisher
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and operates internationally. He also serves as president of the Norman Foster Foundation, established to "promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists anticipate the future". The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. Foster received the Pritzker Prize in 2000.