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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.

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.