tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1130491582184239212006-06-24T07:25:00.000+01:002006-06-24T14:12:48.773+01:002006-06-24T14:12:48.773+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/1600/sain5.7.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/400/sain5.6.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><br />Many outstanding buildings been created by Norman Foster and the partners in his <a href="http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/Flash.html">architectural practice.</a> They include <a href="http://www.airchive.com/SITE%20PAGES/PLANE-CLK.html">Chek Lap Kok</a> airport in Hong Kong, the Nimes <a href="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2004/11/pliables-travels.html">C</a></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2004/11/pliables-travels.html">arré d'Art gallery</a>, Berlin's <a href="http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/reichstag/">Reichstag</a>, the <a href="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/stimmung-in-gherkin.html">Swiss Re "Gherkin</a>" in London, the <a href="http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/sage/">Sage arts centre</a> in Gateshead, and the fabulous <a href="http://www.fosterandpartners.com/internetsite/html/Project.asp?JobNo=0778">Millau viaduct</a> in France (my personal favourite). These are both works of art and funtional structures, and we are lucky to have an early Foster building near to our home here in Norfolk.<br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/1600/sain4.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 15pt 0pt 15px 10px; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/320/sain4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.scva.org.uk/aboutus/history/">Robert and Lisa Sainsbury</a> were avid art collectors who had amassed a fortune from the eponymous supermarket chain. When they were looking for a university to donate their collection to they wanted their collection to be kept, and displayed, in one location. The new <a href="http://www.scva.org.uk/aboutus/history/">University of East Anglia</a> campus at Norwich had space available, and was already a showcase for contemporary architecture with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_East_Anglia">Denys Lasdun’s</a> famous designs for the main buildings.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/1600/sain3.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 15pt 10px 15px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/320/sain3.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">The Norman Foster designed <a href="http://www.scva.org.uk/aboutus/history/">Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts</a> opened in 1978. Its radical and forward-thinking <a href="http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Sainsbury_Centre.html">design</a> is classic Foster. It uses advanced materials and construction techniques to combine open-plan galleries, offices for staff and faculty, teaching spaces, and café all under one roof. The Centre has followed <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MoMA</a> in New York with a major refit, and reopened just two weeks ago.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">All photographs by Pliable and (c) <a href="http://www.theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/">On An Overgrown Path</a>. Some arcane technical stuff for other <a href="http://www.blogger.com/home">Blogger</a> users. After endless problems uploading images using Internet Explorer as my browser I switched to <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/">Firefox</a> for this article. All images uploaded first time without a problem. Firefox is a <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all">free download</a>.<br /></span></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3093/528/400/sain8.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:85%;">*<span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><a href="http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Architecture Week</span></a></span> runs from 16 to 25 June in the UK</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:85%;">Please report broken links, missing images and other errors to - overgrownpath <em>at</em><em>dot</em> co <em>dot</em> uk<br />hotmail.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><strong>If you enjoyed this post take A<em>n Overgrown Path</em> to <a href="http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2005/11/ma-fin-est-mon-commencement.html"><em>Ma fin est mon commencement</em></a></strong></span></span><br /><br /></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span>Pliablenoreply@blogger.com