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The Art of Speed: Lord Foster’s New $70 Million Factory for McLaren

September 2, 2010

By James

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Famed British architect Lord Norman Foster has designed a beautiful new factory – sorry, “Production Centre” – for McLaren where the legendary racing marque is busy assembling their killer new MP4-12C supercar. The new facility is an adjunct to McLaren’s Technology Centre, which Foster designed and built for the company six years ago. The Production Centre cost an estimated £45 million, or about $70 million, to build. Every aspect of the structure, a shrine to the ultimate in automotive technology, is “clean, clinical and present for good reason,” design journal Wallpaper notes.

The Production Centre is a low energy, eco-friendly structure with a roof designed to collect rainwater and a displacement ventilation system. It’s connected Technology Centre by a subterranean walkway for ease of communication between design and engineering teams. The overall effect is straight out of a James Bond film with the all-white interior, ceramic tiled floors and all-black technician’s outfits. The only splashes of colour come from the cars themselves. Which is as it should be.

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