Chateau Margaux, Bordeaux Foster + Partners

摘要

Any architect seeking evidence of money's corrosive potential need look no further than Norman Foster's Stansted airport. Granted, perhaps only those that passed under its vast, delicate 'floating' roof, supported by elegant steel 'utility piers' in the first few years might have got the clarity of original intent. The high-tech roof, information totems, electrics and services integrated into its pier structures creating clear views through to the airside and runway and offered, for people ascending from the train platforms below or arriving by car, formal legibility rarely seen in the airport typology.