Showing posts with label Lord Norman Foster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord Norman Foster. Show all posts

12.23.2008

Aston Martin & Lord Foster Bus

Aston Martin and Architect Lord Norman Foster have won a competition to re-design London's double-decker buses. According to the AP, in the Aston / Foster model , "Passengers sit on reconstituted leather upholstery while gazing through a glazed roof coated with solar panels to power heat and air conditioning. The rounded bus also boasts wood flooring and a saloon-like lower deck that the architect hopes will create 'a tactile living room feel.'"

8.22.2008

Lord Norman Foster's YachtPlus Soon


British architect Lord Norman Foster and YachtPlus will launch their avant-garde super-yacht in September. The high-tech 132-ft. Foster-designed "Signature Series" craft is the first in YachtPlus' fleet, each of which will have eight owners at a share price of about $2 million each. Construction on the flagship steel-jacketed vessel is in its final phase.

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