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Foster + Partners News Copenhagen Architecture News arranged chronologically: 'Foster + Partners: the Art of Architecture’, Galeri PETRONAS, Kuala Lumpur 7 Mar - 12 May 2013 image from Foster + Partners 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 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 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 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 image from Foster + Partners Carré d'Art-Nîmes Architecture Exhibition Curators: Norman Foster ; Jean-Marc Prévost, Carré d’Art, Nîmes Faena Aleph Residences, Buenos Aires, Argentina 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 image : Foster + Partners 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 image : dbox - Foster + Partners 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 image : dbox / Foster + Partners 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 image : Foster + Partners 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 image : dbox / Foster + Partners 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 picture : Foster + Partners 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 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". Foster + Partners Architecture Foster + Partners - main page : current architecture news (this page) Fosters + Partners Architects - Key Buildings List Sperone Westwater, New York, USA image : Foster + Partners Sperone Westwater Gallery - 27 Jul 2012 Lubetkin Prize shortlisted building West Kowloon Cultural District Competition, China Shortlisted Design Team for First Arts Venue 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 photo © Isabelle Lomholt Hydro Arena - 28 May 2012 New photos showing construction progress on this major new building Narbonne Museum, southern France Foster + Partners image : Foster + Partners 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 image : Foster + Partners 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 image : Foster + Partners 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 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 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 picture © McLaren Foster + Partners Designs : Projects from 2010 photo : Nigel Young / Foster + Partners Foster + Partners Architecture Designs : Projects from 2008-09 image : Foster + Partners Foster + Partners Buildings : Projects from pre-2008 picture from architect Foster + Partners Exhibition Key Architecture Projects by Foster + Partners Swiss Re, London, UK photograph © Adrian Welch Swiss Re Building : London skyscraper   Crystal Island, Moscow, Russia picture : Foster + Partners Russian tower : 450m high tower   Spaceport America, New Mexico, USA picture : Foster + Partners American Spaceport Millau Viaduct, France 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 More Architecture by Foster + Partners online soon

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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Norman Foster : Architecture

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Norman Foster award : Pritzker Prize Winner 1999

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