Norman Foster: Architectures and Buildings [IGEO TV]

Collserola Tower is a communications tower in Barcelona, Spain. It was built between 1990 and 1992 for the Olympic Games in 1992. It has a height of 2.884 meters.

Bankia Tower is a skyscraper in Madrid (Spain), in the resort called Four Towers Business Area (CTBA). It is owned by the bank Bankia, with a height of 248 meters and 45 floors. It's the second highest building in Spain. It opened in 2009.

The Millau Viaduct in Aveyron (France) was opened in 2004 after 36 months of construction. The structure reaches a maximum height of 343 meters above the Tarn River, and a length of 2.460m. About 3,000 people worked on this project, which cost almost 400 million euros.

The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (also called the Pyramid of Peace) is a 77 m high building in Astana (Kazakhstan). The structure cost about £ 35 million and opened in late 2006.

Sage Gateshead is a center for education, performance and conferences, for up to 2.240 people, located in Gateshead, in northeast England. The building is a steel and curved glass which cost 70 million pounds.

The Gherkin is a building located in the financial heart of London. It's a 40-storey skyscraper. It is 180 meters high. It was built between 2001 and 2003.

Wembley Stadium is a football stadium located on the former site of the stadium with the same name. It is the home stadium of the England football team. The design of Norman Foster opened the door to a new Superestadio with a capacity of 90 000 spectators, which was completed in 2007. The project cost was around 757 million pounds. It was part of the project for the London Olympics 2012.

The City Hall is located between the London Bridge and the Tower Bridge, on the south bank of the Thames River. The way they built the City Hall is as a glass globe. The building is 45 meters high and 10 stories high, with a cost of 43 million pounds.

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