Foster and Partners
Foster + Partners is an architectural firm based in London. The practice is led by its founder and Chairman, Norman Foster, and has constructed many high-profile glass-and-steel buildings.
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.
Project list
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
Bridges
Government
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)
- Curved glass canopy over the central courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2007)
- West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong (2009)
- Winspear Opera House, Dallas
Higher Learning
Sport
Transportation
Office
Leisure
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 (suspended)
- The Bow, Calgary - (projected 2010)
- Hermitage Plaza, La Défense, Paris (projected 2010)
- 200 Greenwich Street, New York - (projected 2014)
- Seattle Civic Square, Seattle - (projected 2011)
- Ruskin Square, Croydon, London — (projected 2012)
- Masdar City (projected end of 2010s)
- CityCenterDC, Washington, D.C. - (first portion projected 2012; second portion projected 2015)
- Crystal Island (completion date not set yet)
- India Tower (ongoing)
- The Blue City, Sultanate of Oman (ongoing)
- Baku White City Waterfront, Baku, Azerbaijan (completion date not set yet)
Selected works
Awards
Criticism
In June 2008, The Guardian published an article highly critical of planned real estate development in a pristine seacoast area in Bulgaria which is currently under EU environmental protection. The paper cited environmentalists' concerns over the impact of the planned 15,000 inhabitant resort facilities. The Bulgarian partner, Georgi Stanishev, is the brother of Sergei Stanishev, Leader of Bulgarian Socialist Party, Prime Minister of Bulgaria between 17 August 2005 and 27 July 2009 Sergei Stanishev.[8]
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Imperial College Business School, Albertopolis (RIBA), accessed December 13, 2010.
- ^ Design New Haven "Lord Norman Foster Unveils Svelte Glass Design for Yale School of Management". Design New Haven. 11 December 2008. http://www.downtownnewhaven.blogspot.com/2008/12/lord-norman-foster-unveils-svelte-glass.html. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ "Foster + Partners and Buro Happold joint venture to design four stations for Saudi Arabia’s new Haramain High-speed Railway". http://www.fosterandpartners.com/News/375/Default.aspx.
- ^ Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Hong Kong, 2010-2013
- ^ Steve Friess, Tower Rising in Las Vegas but Now, Not So High, The New York Times, February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ 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 2009-02-13.
- ^ BBC News "Building Prize for 'Icon Gherkin'". BBC News. 16 October 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3750102.stm. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ Kate Connolly (14 July 2008). "Bulgarian eco town 'the biggest mistake of Norman Foster's career', say protesters". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/14/greenbuilding.climatechange.
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