Computer rendering of the Winspear Opera House and red-glass canopy, seen from above, Foster + Partners.
Exhibition
The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners
September 26–January 10
Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201
This is a retrospective of the work of Pritzker Prize–winning architect Norman Foster and his architectural firm, Foster + Partners. The exhibition is scheduled to coincide with the grand opening of the new Foster–designed Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Center for Performing Arts, and will feature drawings, renderings, photographs, models and videos of work from the past four decades.
More info: nashersculpturecenter.org
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