The picket fence There was a fence with spaces you could look through if you wanted to. An architect who saw this thing stood there one summer evening. Took out the spaces with great care and built a castle in the air. The fence was utterly dumbfounded, each post stood there with nothing round it. Christian Morgenstern, The Art of Looking Sideways www.andrew.cmu.edu spacearchitectureabsurdity
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? A Documentary by Norman Foster www.imdb.com The film traces the rise of one of the world's premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. Beijing airport ceiling architectureurbanism