Archives become a goldmine

By and Will Hurst Will Hurst Will Hurst2006-07-21T00:00:00

Foster & Partners’ enormous underground cavern houses the firm’s entire archive, even down to its founder’s student portfolio and two muddy ground breaking shovels.

No longer just dusty old drawings, the value now attached to architects’ archives has turned them into international commodities. Will Hurst looks at the impact this could have on the UK’s public collections

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