Sir Norman Foster's architectural projects have transformed cityscapes, renewed vital transportation hubs and rejuvenated town centres. Ambitious and controversial, Foster succeeds in marrying a modern sensibility with a masterly treatment of the architecture of the past. His commissions include the reconstruction of the Reichstag in Berlin and the new Hong Kong international airport.
Like Bruno Taut's glass house and Mies van der Rohe's projects in the first half of this century, the Hauer-King House forms a landmark in the history of glass houses, taking Modern architecture forward into the new millennium. Future Systems, one of the most innovative practices in the world today, has created a the house exemplifies the architects' space-age aesthetic. The use of glass creates a sense of weightlessness and transparency, yet the exterior conceals a functional domestic home in which everything has been carefully designed to create a comprehensive modern living environment.