CONTENTS Preface - Norman Foster 10 The Architecture of Infrastructure - Deyan Sudjic 12 Connections - Hong Kong International Airport, Chck Lap Kok 30 Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok 32 HACTL Super-terminal 1, Chek Lap Kok 86 Bangkok International Airport 94 Shanghai Pudong Airport 96 Guangzhou Airport 98 Kowloon Canton Railway Station and Terminal 100 The Blade of Light - Norman Foster 106 Millennium Bridge 114 Millau Viaduct 138 An Interview with Michel Virlogeux - Thomas Weaver 156 Oresund Bridge 158 Arsta Bridge 160 Expo Station 166 Repsol Service Stations 174 Great Glasshouse, National Botanic Garden of Wales 182 Valencia Congress Centre 196 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 210 Bahrain 'Bubble' 214 The Sage Gateshead 216 Dubai Cultural Contre 252 Multimedia Centre 256 Aspire National Training Centre 260 Homo Faber - Brian Carter 262 Door Furniture for Fusital 270 Door Furniture for Trapex 274 Bathroom Furniture 276 Stella Tap 278 In the Thonot Tradition - Norman Foster 280 Thonet Furniture System 282 Vitra Airline Seating 286 JCDecaux Headquarters 288 Urban Furniture 296 JCDecaux Tower 300 Modern Britain Exhibition 302 AJbertopolis' Masterplan 304 Masterplanning and Buildings for Imperial College 308 Imperial College Masterplan 310 Sir Alexander Fleming Building 314 Flowers Multi-Disciplinary Research Building 326 Tanaka Business School 330 Imperial College Faculty Building 336 British Library of Political and Economic Science, LSE 340 Faculty of Management, Robert Gordon University 344 Connections - Free University of Berlin 348 Free University of Berlin 650 Center for Clinical Sciences Research, Stanford University 394 James H Clark Center, Stanford University 410 Faculty of Social Studies, University of Oxford 426 High-rise and Genius Loci - Chris Abel 430 Daewoo Electronics Headquarters 442 Al Faisaliah Complex 444 Jiushi Corporation Headquarters 456 London Millennium Tower 462 Citigroup Headquarters 472 HSBC Headquarters 478 Connections - Swiss Re Headquarters 484 Swiss Re Headquarters 486 The Cosmic Skyscraper - Charles Jencks 538 The Team 546 Project Credits 558 Project Bibliography 569 Contributors 574 Index 576 Credits 582