Phineas Harper

In 1985 it was ‘the most expensive building ever built’: HSBC’s Hong Kong headquarters designed by Norman Foster

From Stansted to corporate swank: superstructuralism has a lot to answer for

7 April 2018 9:00 am

Foster and Rogers wanted to save the planet – in fact, their high-tech architecture did the opposite, says Phineas Harper

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‘They always have to muck around with Macbeth, don’t they?’
‘They always have to muck around with Macbeth, don’t they?’
‘She just wants to chill and have greatness thrust upon her.’
‘She just wants to chill and have greatness thrust upon her.’
‘No one’s noticed that he’s resigned over Brexit.’
‘No one’s noticed that he’s resigned over Brexit.’
‘I have the usual middle-class attitude to drugs.’
‘I have the usual middle-class attitude to drugs.’
‘On second thoughts, I’d give the bins a miss.’
‘On second thoughts, I’d give the bins a miss.’
‘They have a very short shelf life.’
‘They have a very short shelf life.’
‘I remember quiet days like that.’
‘I remember quiet days like that.’
‘The tension’s unbearable — I can’t bear to watch.’
‘The tension’s unbearable — I can’t bear to watch.’
‘...and agree on Brexit as long as you both shall live.’
‘...and agree on Brexit as long as you both shall live.’
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