Archinect - News2024-05-03T03:55:56-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150150481/six-distinguished-architects-and-designers-reflect-on-their-first-projects
Six distinguished architects and designers reflect on their first projects Katherine Guimapang2019-08-09T12:39:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/09/09fc80d5750a2a27e650108d10c81092.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Taking a retrospective look at the careers of various architects and designers can provide us with an opportunity to see where each got started and how much of their careers have shifted over time.</p>
<p>In this vein, <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jul/27/six-leading-architects-first-commission-norman-foster-asif-khan" target="_blank">The Guardian</a></em> recently connected with six architects and designers to ask them about their first commissioned works. In the article, writer Nell Card collects narratives from each visionary to create a succinct survey of this important early work. </p>
<p>Featured below are select images of the inaugural commissioned works of British architects and designers <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4305/norman-foster" target="_blank">Norman Foster</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/354290/thomas-heatherwick" target="_blank">Thomas Heatherwick</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/21/kate-macintosh-one-of-britains-great-unsung-architects-of-social-housing" target="_blank">Kate Macintosh</a>, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/386905/asif-khan" target="_blank">Asif Khan</a>, <a href="http://www.marydugganarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Mary Duggan</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1777/david-chipperfield" target="_blank">David Chipperfield</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Norman Foster's Amenity centre and passenger terminal for Norwegian shipping company Fred.Olsen & Co. (1969-1970)</strong><br></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4a/4a6af385528c73d53e0ec3ef19dac743.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4a/4a6af385528c73d53e0ec3ef19dac743.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Cross section of Amenity center and passenger terminal by Norman Foster (c. 1969–70). Image courtesy of Birkin Haward</figcaption><p><br></p><p><strong>Thomas Heatherwick's window display for Harvey Nichols department store during London Fashion Week (199...</strong></p></figure>