我在1978年春天去英國東部的城市 Ipswich。
行前沒看資料。出車站到城市中，就可見諾大的三層玻璃帷幕牆大辦公室。
2019年才知道它叫The Willis building (威利斯·法伯 樓 originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) in Ipswich, England, is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster and Wendy Cheesman after establishing Foster Associates. Constructed between 1970 and 1975 for the insurance firm now known as Willis Towers Watson, it is now seen as a landmark in the development of the 'high tech' architectural style. The building houses some 1,300 office staff in open plan offices spread over three floors.
Wikipedia 的這張圖，不是從城中看的 (它被巷路包圍).....感覺沒壓迫感，然而白天看進去，黑玻璃似的.......
所以在《建築大師諾曼‧佛斯特》中，選擇它的夜間照：
1975: Willis, Faber & Dumas building, Ipswich
https://c20society.org.uk/100-buildings/1975-willis-faber-dumas-building-ipswich/它是英國高科技樓之先驅：In 1991 the Willis building became the youngest building to be given Grade I listed building status in Britain. At the time it was one of only two listed buildings under 30 years of age.[3]
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