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City Hall
Greater London Authority Headquarters |
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BUSINESS ENTERPRISES |
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LOCATION |
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| Continent |
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Europe |
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 England |
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London |
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The Queen's Walk, More London (Tower Bridge)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Public buildings
Government buildings
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1998
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Realisation |
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1999 - 2002 |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? |
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| Norberto Lopez Amado, Carlos Carcas |
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| Norman Foster, Tony Hunt, George Weidenfeld, Richard Rogers, Bono, Deyan Sudjic, Paul Goldberger, Carl Abbott, Alain de Botton, Anish Kapoor, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Richard Long, Buckminster Fuller, Ben Cowd, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ricky Burdett, Spencer de Grey, David Nelson, Narinder Sagoo, Nigel Dancey, Loretta Law, Mouzhan Madidi, Stefan Behling, Jurgen Happ, Gerard Evenden
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Producer: Elena Ochoa
Executive Producer: Antonio Sanz
Writer & Narrator: Deyan Sudjic
Music: Joan Valent
Director of Photography: Valentin Alvarez |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Valentina Croci, "Nuovi scenari ecosostenibili/New Eco Sustainable Scenarios", Ottagono 167, febbraio/february 2004, pp. 142-143 (140-153) |
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| Andrea Vosilla, "...ma si infrange l'uovo di vetro!", Il giornale dell'architettura 26, febbraio 2004, "Tecnologie e materiali" p. 17 |
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| Philip Jodidio, Architecture Now!, Taschen, Köln 2001, pp. 96-99 |
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| Steven Spier, "Foster's latest for London", Architectural record 5/1999, "Record News" p. 95 |
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CLIENT |
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CIT Markborough Properties
London Bridge Development
Greater London Authority |
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gross floor area sq.m. 45.000 (sq.ft. 185,000)
nett lettable floor area sq.m. 12.000 (sq.ft. 130.000) |
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| angle of glass front inclination 31 degrees |
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN |
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| Construction management |
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| Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green & Wall |
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Town hall for the great metropolitan area.
Inaugurated from Queen Elisabetta II, 23 July 2002. |
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