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'Foster + Partners: the Art of Architecture’, Galeri PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur
7 Mar - 12 May 2013
Foster + Partners Architecture Exhibition
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Architecure Exhibition Malaysia
Arranged around the themes of infrastructure, high-rise, urban design, history and culture – all within the context of a sustainable agenda – the works on display highlight the incredible diversity of the practice’s work. Details of a number of new projects underway in Malaysia will be revealed, including Arcoris Mont’Kiara and IB Tower, a 58-storey tower in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre.

Vieux Port Pavilion, Marseille, France - building news
Vieux Port Pavilion Marseille
photo : Nigel Young
Vieux Port Pavilion Marseille - 5 Mar 2013
The new events pavilion is a simple, discreet canopy of highly reflective stainless steel, 46 by 22 metres in size, open on all sides and supported by slender pillars. Its polished, mirrored surface reflects the surrounding port and tapers towards the edges, minimising its profile and reducing the structure’s visual impact.

The ME Hotel, London, England
Design: Foster + Partners
Sofitel St James hotel London
photograph from architect

The ME Hotel London - 5 + 4 Mar 2013
The ME Hotel – the first flagship hotel in which everything, from the shell of the building to the bathroom fittings has been designed by Foster + Partners – has opened in London. An elegant fusion of interior and exterior design, the scheme completes the grand sweep of buildings that make up the Aldwych Crescent, repairing the urban grain and restoring a little lost glamour to the heart of the West End.

Thames Hub Airport, London, England, UK
Thames Hub Airport London
photograph from architect
Thames Hub Airport - 4 Mar 2013
Foster + Partners has confirmed to the Airports Commission, the organisation investigating airport capacity in the UK led by Sir Howard Davies, that it intends to submit a proposal to the Commission in July for a new hub airport in the Thames Estuary.

Carré d'Art-Nîmes Architecture Exhibition 'MOVING. NORMAN FOSTER ON ART'
Carré d'Art - Nîmes Museum of Contemporary Art, France
May 3 - Sep 15 2013
Carré d'Art-Nîmes Architecture Exhibition
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Carré d'Art-Nîmes Architecture Exhibition
Curators: Norman Foster ; Jean-Marc Prévost, Carré d’Art, Nîmes

Faena Aleph Residences, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Faena Aleph Residences Buenos Aires
photo : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners - latest building - 5 Feb 2013
Foster + Partners has completed its first project in Latin America with the opening of the Faena Aleph Residences in Buenos Aires, Argentina - part of the reinvention of the former docks of Puerto Madero as a dynamic new urban quarter. Drawing on local architectural traditions, its apartments feature vaulted living spaces and deep, sheltered terraces that exploit the wonderful local climate and maximise views towards the city and Rio de la Plata.

Foster + Partners Ranks 10th in World Architecture 100 Survey
World Architecture 100 Survey 10th ranking - 29 Jan 2013
Foster + Partners has been ranked the world’s tenth largest architecture practice in the World Architecture 100 (WA100) survey.

Porcelanosa Flagship New York Showroom, NYC, USA
Design: Foster + Partners
Porcelanosa Flagship New York Showroom Building New York
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Porcelanosa Flagship New York Showroom - 18 Jan 2013
Design revealed for new flagship showroom in the historic Commodore Criterion building in Midtown Manhattan. The firm purchased the 1,700 sqm, six-storey building northwest of Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue and Broadway in 2012 and selected Foster + Partners to refurbish the interiors - the project is due to be completed in spring 2014.

New York Public Library Building, NYC, USA
Design: Foster + Partners
New York Public Library Building
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New York Public Library Building - 20 Dec 2012
The existing research library will be retained as it is today, with more space for researchers, as will many of the public spaces – the project will open twice as much of the building to the public. The centrepiece of the 5th Avenue and 42nd Street building is the magnificent Rose Reading Room, below which are seven storeys of book stacks.

50 United Nations Plaza, New York, USA - Ground-raising ceremony news
Design: Foster + Partners
50 United Nations Plaza New York
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50 United Nations Plaza Manhattan - 14 Nov 2012
Construction is underway on the first residential tower by Foster + Partners in the United States. Developed by Zeckendorf Development with Global Holdings, the 44-storey luxury apartment tower occupies a prestigious location within the green setting of United Nations Plaza, with views of the celebrated modernist UN Headquarters building, the East River and the Manhattan skyline.

Grand Central Terminal, New York, USA - building news
The Next 100 - Foster + Partners re-imagines Grand Central Terminal for 2013 Centenary
Grand Central Terminal Building
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Grand Central Terminal Building - 19 Oct 2012
Norman Foster presented proposals for a masterplan to bring clarity back to Grand Central Terminal at The Municipal Art Society of New York’s annual Summit in New York last night. Grand Central Terminal is one of New York’s greatest landmarks and contains perhaps the city’s finest civic space. However, over time it has become a victim of its own success.

425 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Foster + Partners wins competition for new tower
425 Park Avenue New York
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425 Park Avenue building design - 3 Oct + 11 Jul
Shortlisted Architects
Four of the world’s most acclaimed architecture firms are participating this week in the conceptual design phase of its architectural competition for a new office tower to be constructed at 425 Park Avenue in Manhattan:
Foster + Partners (Lord Norman Foster)
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (Lord Richard Rogers)
OMA (Rem Koolhaas)
Zaha Hadid Architects


Hongqiao Vantone SunnyWorld Centre, Shanghai, China
Design: Foster + Partners
Hongqiao Vantone SunnyWorld Centre
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Hongqiao Vantone SunnyWorld Centre - 28 Sep 2012
This major new sustainable masterplan for a prominent site at the heart of the Shanghai Hongqiao CBD, has broken ground. The project forms part of a large-scale urban plan, extending from Shanghai’s main station. The dynamic new mixed-use community is centred on a new four-hectare public park and brings together highly efficient, flexible office buildings, animated at ground level by shops, restaurants and a range of new civic spaces.

Fire Safety Design
Article for e-architect by Michael Woodrow
Vancouver Tower Building
photograph : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
Fire Safety Design - 30 Sep 2012
"Designers (architects included) consider every variable associated with the form & function of a building – aesthetics, functionality, cost, environmental sustainability, structural integrity, serviceability and code compliance among a plethora of other variables. There is one variable however that architects do not currently consider and yet it has the ability to fundamentally, and often negatively, alter the design of a building: Fire safety".

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Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
Sperone Westwater Gallery
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Sperone Westwater Gallery - 27 Jul 2012
Lubetkin Prize shortlisted building

West Kowloon Cultural District Competition, China
Shortlisted Design Team for First Arts Venue
West Kowloon Cultural District
Courtesy of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
West Kowloon Cultural District Competition - 18 Jul 2012
Shortlist of five design teams invited to submit proposals for the design of the Xiqu Centre, one of the first landmark buildings for the WKCD, scheduled for completion at the end of 2015.
Shortlisted design teams:
- BTA & RLP Company Limited
- Foster + Partners with O Studio Architects
- Mecanoo architecten / Leigh & Orange
- Safdie Architects LLC
- Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. (in collaboration with Diamond and Schmitt)

Hydro Arena, Glasgow, Scotland
Hydro Arena Building
photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Hydro Arena - 28 May 2012
New photos showing construction progress on this major new building

Narbonne Museum, southern France
Foster + Partners
Musée de la Romanitée Narbonne
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Musée de la Romanitée Narbonne - 17 May 2012
Following an international competition, Foster + Partners, working with museum designer Adrien Gardere, is designing a new museum for Roman artefacts in the city of Narbonne. As a vital Roman port, Narbonne has an impressive legacy of buildings, ancient relics and archaeological sites. The centrepiece of the museum is a collection of more than 1,000 ancient stone relief funerary blocks excavated nearby.

Datong Art Museum, China
Foster + Partners
Datong Building
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Datong Art Museum - 26 Apr 2012
Construction is underway at Datong Art Museum - China’s ‘Museum of the 21st Century’. The museum will open in 2013 to represent China in the ‘Beyond the Building’ Basel Art international tour.

Marseille Vieux Port Masterplan, southern France - 8 Mar 2012
Marseille Vieux Port Masterplan
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Marseille’s Vieux Port, one of the great Mediterranean ports, is about to be transformed. Work has started on Michel Desvigne's and Foster + Partners’ competition-winning masterplan for its regeneration. The project will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm.

Hermitage Plaza, Paris, France - 7 Mar 2012
Hermitage Plaza Paris Skyscrapers
picture : Foster + Partners
Hermitage Plaza will create a new community to the east of La Défense, in Courbevoie, that extends down to the river Seine with cafés, shops and a public plaza at its heart. The project incorporates two 320-metre-high buildings - the tallest mixed-use towers in Western Europe.

Jameson House, Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver Tower Building
photograph : Nigel Young, Foster + Partners
Jameson House Vancouver - latest North American building completed - 27 Jan 2012
Jameson House is a new 35-storey mixed-use tower in the heart of Vancouver and includes the first residential development to be completed by the practice in North America - completed at the end of last year, already the building is now almost fully occupied.


Foster + Partners Architecture : Projects from 2011
McLaren Production Centre Building Woking
picture © McLaren


Foster + Partners Designs : Projects from 2010
Masdar Institute campus Abu Dhabi
photo : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners


Foster + Partners Architecture Designs : Projects from 2008-09
Zayed National Museum
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Foster + Partners Buildings : Projects from pre-2008
The Index Dubai
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Foster + Partners Exhibition


Key Architecture Projects by Foster + Partners

Swiss Re, London, UK
Swiss Re Building
photograph © Adrian Welch
Swiss Re Building : London skyscraper
 
Crystal Island, Moscow, Russia
Crystal Island
picture : Foster + Partners
Russian tower : 450m high tower
 
Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA
Spaceport America
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American Spaceport
Millau Viaduct, France
Millau Bridge
photo © Nick Weall
Millau Viaduct

Foster + Partners - Overview of the Practice

Lord Foster runs one of the most celebrated architect offices in the world of the last century. Not only prolific, the architects practice has consistently pushed boundaries, especially in terms of materials and technology, but also of form and building envelope.

Norman was born in Manchester in 1935. Having moved to London, and worked in Team 4, he established Foster Associates in 1967. This continued the Hi-Tec (or High-Tech) style of Team 4 with influences from Archigram. Prefabrication and modular design were clear goals with a passion for good detailing.

One of Norman Foster's key early works was the Willis Faber Dumas building (1974) in southern England. It eschewed traditional wet trades for the facade and compartmentalised space within. This design, along with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at UEA and the former Renault Distribution Centre, celebrated technology and notions of flexibility in architecture. Related architects at this time (early 1980s) included Nicholas Grimshaw, Richard Rogers and Michael Hopkins. In fact, this reaction to the doctrines of Modern architects Corb and Mies can be traced back to the late 1960s, for example Norman Foster's Reliance Controls Electronics Factory (1967).

During the Postmodern years the Foster + Partners style became a little more colourful but never strayed from technological rigour. In the 21st century - with new computer technology - forms have become more flowing, for example Beijing airport and the Swiss Re Building.

Over the years a stunning array of buildings and bridges has emerged from the Foster + Partners architects office. We've selected what we feel are the key designs by practice, in chronological order below.

Major Buildings by Foster + Partners

Willis Faber & Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich, England (1974)
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, England (1977)
Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon, England (1982)
Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong (1986)
Stansted Airport Building, England (1991)
Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France (1993)
Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998)
Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany (1999)
British Museum Great Court, London, England (2001)
30 St Mary Axe - aka Swiss Re Building, London, England (2004)
Millau Viaduct, France (2004)

Comments on the selection welcome. These Foster + Partners designs are not selected due to their fame - we've left out London City Hall and the Millennium Bridge for example - but because each design achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement.

Adrian Welch, e-architect Editor

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Foster + Partners Practice Information

Architecture stuido headquarterd in London, UK

Foster + Partners : London Architects

Architecture Education

Manchester University School of Architecture, England

Yale University, USA

Team 4 architects, London
with his wife, Wendy Foster + Richard Rogers & Sue Rogers

Foster Associates, London
1967-
Norman was knighted in 1990

American Institute of Architects Gold Medal winner : 1994



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