Foster and Partners
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Foster + Partners | |
London City Hall at night |
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Practice Information | |
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Key architects | Lord Norman Foster, Chairman |
Founded | 1967 |
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Significant Buildings | Great Court Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong (1998) |
Awards and Prizes | 2004 Stirling Prize |
Foster + Partners is a leading architectural firm based in the United Kingdom. The practice is led by its founder and Chairman, Norman Foster, and has constructed many high-profile glass-and-steel buildings. In particular, they are known for their design of airports.
Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, the firm was renamed in the 1990s to more accurately reflect the influence of the other lead architects.
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[edit] Project List
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
[edit] Bridges
- Millau Viaduct, the highest road bridge in the world (2004)
- Millennium Bridge in London (1999/2002)
[edit] Government
- Reichstag building redevelopment in Berlin (1999)
- London City Hall (2002)
- New Supreme Court Building, Singapore (2005)
- Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan — (September 2006)
[edit] Cultural
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK (1978)
- Clyde Auditorium, part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre complex, Glasgow (1997)
- American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK (1997) — Stirling Prize
- Kogod Courtyard, Center for American Art and Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2004-2007)
- Redevelopment of the Great Court of the British Museum (2000)
[edit] Higher Learning
- Faculty of Law, Cambridge (1995)
- Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia (2004)
- Tanaka Business School
- Yale School of Management, new campus, New Haven, CT (projected 2011)[1]
[edit] Sport
- Wembley Stadium reconstruction (2007)
[edit] Transportation
- Terminal building at Stansted Airport, UK (1991)
- Metro Bilbao, Spain (1995) — Line 2 (2004)
- Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong (1998)
- Canary Wharf Underground Station, London, UK (1999)
- Beijing Capital International Airport (2008)
- London Heathrow Airport East Terminal - projected 2012
- Spaceport America, New Mexico - (projected 2010)
[edit] Office
- HSBC Tower (1986)
- Collserola Tower, Barcelona (Spain) (1992).
- Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, Germany (1997)
- Arag-Tower, Duesseldorf, Germany (2001)
- 30 St Mary Axe, London — Swiss Re headquarters (2004) — Stirling Prize
- McLaren Technology Centre, base for the McLaren Formula One team and McLaren Group (2004)
- Hearst Tower, New York City (June 2006)
- Russia Tower (estimated 2012, but currently suspended)
[edit] Mixed Use
- The Sage Gateshead, UK (2004)
- Moor House, 120 London Wall, London (2005)
- Jameson House in Vancouver — (not yet on site)
- U2 Tower, Ireland (2008-2011)
- Camp Nou (Barcelona), reconstruction - (projected 2010)
- The Bow, Calgary - (projected 2010)
- 200 Greenwich Street, New York - (projected 2011)
- Croydon Tower, Croydon, London — (projected 2012)
- Masdar City (projected 2010s)
- Crystal Island (completion date not set yet)
- The Blue City, Sultanate of Oman (ongoing)
[edit] Selected Works
Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 from air |
The Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters in Ipswich was one of Foster's earliest commissions after founding Foster Associates. |
The tessellated glass roof of the British Museum's Great Court redevelopment has a complex curved form, approximating the top half of a doughnut anchored by the circular Reading Room at the centre of the court. |
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The new Wembley Stadium in London: perhaps one of the most controversial projects[2] that Foster + Partners have been involved in. |
30 St Mary Axe, one of London's most popular new buildings[3], towers above its neighbours. |
The reconstruction of the Reichstag building |
The Millau Viaduct |
[edit] Awards
- RIBA Stirling Prize
- 1998 Imperial War Museum Duxford, Duxford
- 2004 Swiss Re Building, 30 St Mary Axe, The Gherkin
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Design New Haven "Lord Norman Foster Unveils Svelte Glass Design for Yale School of Management". Design New Haven. 11 December 2008. http://www.designnewhaven.com/2008/12/lord-norman-foster-unveils-svelte-glass.html. Retrieved on 2009-13-02.
- ^ International Herald Tribune "Roundup: Wembley Opening Delayed Until 2007". International Herald Tribune. 1 April 2006. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/31/sports/world.php. Retrieved on 2009-13-02.
- ^ BBC News "Building Prize for 'Icon Gherkin'". BBC News. 16 October 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3750102.stm. Retrieved on 2009-13-02.
[edit] See also
- Norman Foster
- Ken Shuttleworth and MAKE
- Richard Rogers
- Christopher Breed
- List of architecture firms
- List of architects
[edit] External links
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