Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and

integrated design Integrated design is a comprehensive holistic approach to design which brings together specialisms usually considered separately. It attempts to take into consideration all the factors and modulations necessary to a decision making process. A few ...

practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide.

History

Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving

Team 4 Team 4 was a British architectural firm, established in 1963 by architecture graduates Su Brumwell, Wendy Cheesman, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. Friction emerged within the firm, and by June 1967, Foster and Rogers decided to dissolve the ...

, the firm was renamed Sir Norman Foster and Partners Ltd in 1992 and shortened to Foster & Partners Ltd in 1999 to more accurately reflect the influence of the other lead architects. In 2007, the private equity company 3i took a stake in the practice. This was bought back by the practice in June 2014 to become wholly owned by the 140 partners. In October 2021, Foster + Partners was bought by a Canadian private investment firm Hennick & Company for an undisclosed sum, making it the single biggest shareholder of the practice. Foster will retain a controlling interest.

Major projects

Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:

Masterplans

More London More London, part of an area known as London Bridge City, is a development on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately south-west of Tower Bridge in London. It is owned by the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund. It includes the City Hall, a ...

, London, UK (1998–2000) * Duisburg Inner Harbour, Germany (1991–2003) *

Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square ( ) is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, laid out in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. At its centre is a high column bearing a statue of Admiral Nelson commemo ...

redevelopment, London, UK (1996–2003) * Quartermile, Edinburgh, Scotland (2001–) *

Masdar City Masdar City ( ar, مدينة مصدر, Madīnat Maṣdar, lit=Source City) is a planned city project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. Its core is being built by Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, with the majority ...

, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2007–) * West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong (2009) * Thames Hub, UK (2011–) *

Central Square, Cardiff Central Square ( cy, Sgwâr Canolog) is a large public space in Cardiff, Wales, adjacent to Cardiff Central railway station and included Cardiff Central bus station between 1954 and 2015. It was redeveloped and extended in the late 2010s and earl ...

, Wales * Amaravati, India (under construction)

Bridges

* Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world (2004) * Western Årsta Bridge, Sweden (1994/2005) *

Millennium Bridge Several bridges are known as the Millennium Bridge: * in the United Kingdom **Gateshead Millennium Bridge ** Lune Millennium Bridge, Lancaster ** Millennium Bridge, Glasgow ** Millennium Bridge, London ** Millennium Bridge (Salford Quays) ** Teesqua ...

, London, UK (1998–2002)

Government

Reichstag building The Reichstag (, ; officially: – ; en, Parliament) is a historic government building in Berlin which houses the Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament. It was constructed to house the Imperial Diet (german: Reichstag) of the ...

redevelopment, Berlin, Germany (1999) *

London City Hall City Hall, London may refer to: *City Hall, London (Newham), a building in Newham that has been the headquarters of the Greater London Authority since 2022 *City Hall, London (Southwark) City Hall is a building in Southwark, London which prev ...

, UK (2002) * New Supreme Court Building, Singapore (2005) *

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation ( kk, Бейбітшілік пен келісім сарайы, ''Beibıtşılık pen kelısım saraiy''), also translated as the ''Pyramid of Peace and Accord'', is a pyramid in Astana, the capital of Kaz ...

, Astana, Kazakhstan (2006) * Buenos Aires City Hall (new headquarters),

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

, Argentina (2015)

Cultural

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts The Sainsbury Centre is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England. The building, which contains a collection of world art, was one of the first major public buildings to be designed by th ...

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, UK (1978) *

Clyde Auditorium The SEC Armadillo (originally known as the Clyde Auditorium) is an auditorium located near the River Clyde, in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of three venues on the Scottish Event Campus, which includes the SEC Centre and the OVO Hydro.

, part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre complex,

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

(1997) * Sackler Galleries,

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

, London, UK (1985–1991) *

Carré d'Art The Carré d'art at Nîmes in southern France houses a museum of contemporary art and the city's municipal library. Constructed of glass, concrete and steel, it faces the Maison carrée, a perfectly preserved Roman temple that dates from the very ...

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

, France (1984–1993) *

American Air Museum Imperial War Museum Duxford is a branch of the Imperial War Museum near Duxford in Cambridgeshire, England. Britain's largest aviation museum, Duxford houses the museum's large exhibits, including nearly 200 aircraft, military vehicles, artil ...

, Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK (1997) – Stirling Prize *

Queen Elizabeth II Great Court The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, is the covered central quadrangle of the British Museum in London. It was redeveloped during the late 1990s to a design by Foster and Partners, from a 1970s ...

redevelopment,

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

, London, UK (2000) * The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead, UK (1997–2004) * The Zénith,

Zénith de Saint-Étienne The zenith is the point in the sky that appears directly above the observer. Zenith or Zénith may also refer to: *Summit, a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it Automotive * Zenith Carburett ...

, Saint-Étienne, France (2004–2007) * The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard,

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: *National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra *National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London, with s ...

, Washington, D.C., US (2004–2007) *

Winspear Opera House The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is an opera house (one of four venues in the AT&T Performing Arts Center) located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). Designed as a 21st-century reinterpretation of the traditional op ...

, Dallas, US (2003–2009) * Art of the Americas Wing,

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works ...

, Boston, US (1999–2010) *

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center Khan Shatyr ( kk, Хан Шатыр, Han Şatyr, Royal Marquee) is a transparent tent located in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. Built in a neo-futurism, neo-futurist style, the architectural project was unveiled by the first President of ...

, Astana, Kazakhstan (2006–2010) *

Sperone Westwater Gallery Sperone Westwater is a contemporary art gallery in the Bowery, in Manhattan, in New York City. The partners are Angela Westwater and Gian Enzo Sperone. The gallery was started on Greene Street in Soho in 1975;Alex Williams (December 1, 2010)Th ...

, New York City, US (2008–2010) * Extension to

Lenbachhaus The Lenbachhaus () is a building housing an art museum in Munich's '' Kunstareal''. The building The Lenbachhaus was built as a Florentine-style villa for the painter Franz von Lenbach between 1887 and 1891 by Gabriel von Seidl and was expa ...

art museum,

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

, Germany (2013) * OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (2004–2013) *

Datong Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 cens ...

Art Museum, China (2011–2022)

Higher education

* Kings Norton Library,

Cranfield University , mottoeng = After clouds light , established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name) , type = Public research uni ...

, UK (1994) *

Faculty of Law, Cambridge The Faculty of Law, Cambridge is the law school of the University of Cambridge. The study of law at the University of Cambridge began in the thirteenth century. The faculty sits the oldest law professorship in the English-speaking world, the ...

Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...

, UK (1995) * Faculty of Management (now known as Aberdeen Business School),

The Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU, is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon (philanthropist), ...

, UK (1998) * Imperial College School of Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London, UK (1994–1998) * Center for Clinical Science Research,

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Stanford, California, US (1995–2000) * British Library of Political and Economic Science,

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, London, UK (1993–2001) *

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

, Flowers Building, London, UK (1997–2001) * Faculty of Social Studies,

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

, UK (1996–2002) * James H. Clark Center, Stanford, California, US (1999–2003) *

Universiti Teknologi Petronas Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) is a Malaysian research university established 10 January 1997. It is wholly owned by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's oil and gas multinational corporation. The campus is built on in the n ...

, Tronoh,

Perak Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...

, Malaysia (2004) *

Tanaka Business School Imperial College Business School is the Graduate school, graduate business school of Imperial College London in the United Kingdom, UK. In 2004, the business school was opened by Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II. History In 1851, the Great Exhibi ...

, renamed the Imperial College Business School, London, UK (2004) *

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

, Berlin, Germany (2005) *

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is a pharmacy school and an academic division of the University of Toronto. The faculty is located on the northwestern corner of College Street (Toronto), College Street and University Avenue (Toronto), Universi ...

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, Toronto, Canada (2006) * Library, California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, US (2000–2008) *

Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executives ...

, new campus,

New Haven New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

, US (2013) * Masdar Institute of Science and Technology,

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. ...

, UAE (2007–2015) * China Resources University,

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

, China (2011–2016) *

Health Education Campus The Health Education Campus (HEC) is located on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, USA at the border of University Circle and Fairfax (Midtown) neighborhoods in the Health-Tech Corridor, built through a collaboration between C ...

(HEC),

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

, Cleveland Clinic,

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

, Ohio, US (2015–2019), location of the first U.S. 2020 Presidential Debate between

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

and Joe Biden.

Sport

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...

reconstruction, London, UK (2007) *

Lusail Iconic Stadium Lusail Stadium ( ar, استاد لوسيل, ), also unofficially known as Lusail Iconic Stadium, is a football stadium in Lusail, Qatar. Owned by the Qatar Football Association, it is the largest stadium in Qatar by capacity and one of eight sta ...

, Lusail, Qatar (2010)

Transportation

* Stansted Airport, Uttlesford, UK (1991) * Metro Bilbao, Spain (1997) – Line 2 (2004) *

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is Hong Kong's main airport, built on reclaimed land on the island of Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or ''Chek Lap Kok Airport'', to distinguish ...

, ''Chek Lap Kok'', Hong Kong (1998) *

Canary Wharf tube station Canary Wharf is a London Underground station at Canary Wharf and is on the Jubilee line, between and stations. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2 and was opened on 17 September 1999 as part of the Jubilee Line Extension. Over 40&nbs ...

, London, UK (1999) * Expo MRT station, Singapore (2001) *

Dresden Hauptbahnhof Dresden Hauptbahnhof ("main station", abbreviated Dresden Hbf) is the largest passenger station in the Saxon capital of Dresden. In 1898, it replaced the ''Böhmischen Bahnhof'' ("Bohemian station") of the former Saxon-Bohemian State Railway ('' ...

redevelopment,

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, Germany (1997–2006) *

Beijing Capital International Airport Beijing Capital International Airport is one of two international airports serving Beijing, the other one being Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). It is located northeast of Beijing's city center, in an exclave of Chaoyang District ...

, Beijing, China (2008) *

Heathrow Terminal 2 Heathrow Terminal 2, also known as The Queen's Terminal, is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London, United Kingdom. The new development was originally named Heathrow East Terminal, and occupies the sites where th ...

, London, UK *

Spaceport America Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, and southeast of Truth or Consequences. With V ...

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, US (2005–2013) * Four railway stations for the Haramain High Speed Rail Project, Saudi Arabia *

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is a cruise ship terminal on the former Kai Tak Airport runway in Hong Kong. Its completion date was delayed into 2013 due to re-tendering. Following an international competition, Foster + Partners was chosen to d ...

, Hong Kong (2013) *

Mexico City Texcoco Airport Mexico City Texcoco Airport was a planned airport in Mexico City that was meant to become Mexico's New International Airport (Spanish: ''Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de México''—NAICM or NAIM). The project was announced in September 2014 but ...

, Mexico (projected 2020) * Slussenområdet redevelopment,

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, Sweden (projected 2022) * Queen Alia International Airport,

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

, Jordan (2005–2013) * Thames Hub, UK (from 2011) *

Thames Hub Airport Thames Hub Airport was a proposed platform-based hub airport located on the Isle of Grain in the Thames Estuary in Kent, whose development has been led by the architect Lord Foster. The idea for the airport was originally included within the Th ...

, UK (from 2013) * Ocean Terminal extension, Hong Kong *

York University station York University is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway. It is located on the main Keele Campus of York University, near Ian Macdonald and York Boulevards in the former city of North York. History The official g ...

– TYSSE, Vaughan, Ontario/

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, Canada (2017) *

Red Sea International Airport Red Sea International Airport ( ar, مطار البحر الأحمر الدولي) is an international airport in Hanak, Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia serving the sustainable tourism megaproject in development called the Red Sea Project. De ...

, Hanak, Saudi Arabia (2023) * Techo Takhmao International Airport,

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

, Cambodia (2025) * Solidarity Transport Hub, Baranów, Poland (2027)

Office

Fred. Olsen Lines Fred. Olsen & Co. is a holding company based in Oslo, Norway. The company was founded as a shipping firm by Petter Olsen in 1848. Today the company manages the Olsen family's interests in a variety of sectors including logistics, energy and consu ...

terminal,

London Docklands London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London. It is located in inner east and southeast London, in the boroughs of London Borough of Southwark, Southwark, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of ...

, UK (1971) * Willis Building,

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

, UK (1971–1975) * HSBC Tower, Hong Kong (1986) *

Commerzbank Tower Commerzbank Tower is a 56-story, skyscraper owned by Samsung of Korea since September 2016 in the banking district of Frankfurt, Germany. An antenna spire with a signal light on top gives the tower a total height of . It is the tallest build ...

, Frankfurt, Germany (1997) *

Citigroup Centre Citigroup Center may refer to: * Citigroup Center, a skyscraper in New York City * Citigroup Centre (London), a building complex in London * Citigroup Centre (Sydney), a skyscraper in Sydney * Citigroup Tower in Shanghai, China See also * 777 ...

, London, UK (1996–2000) * 8 Canada Square (global headquarters of

HSBC Group HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational corporation, multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In ...

, London, UK (1997–2002) *

30 St Mary Axe 30 St Mary Axe (previously known as the Swiss Re Building and informally known as the Gherkin) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. W ...

('The Gherkin'), London, UK – Swiss Re headquarters (2004) – Stirling Prize *

McLaren Technology Centre The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a 500,000 m2 (50-hectare) site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of two buildings: the original McLaren Technology Centre, ...

, base for the

McLaren McLaren Racing Limited is a British motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor, the second oldest active team, and the second most successful Formul ...

Formula One team and McLaren Group,

Woking Woking ( ) is a town and borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in northwest Surrey, England, around from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as ''Wochinges'' and its name probably derives from that of a Anglo-Saxon settlement o ...

, UK (2004) *

Deutsche Bank Place Deutsche Bank Place is a skyscraper in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located at 126 Phillip Street (corner of Hunter Street) in the north-eastern end of the central business district, across the road from Chifley Tower. Construc ...

, Sydney (1997–2005) * Hearst Tower, New York City, US (2006) * Willis Building, London, UK (2001–2007) *

Torre Cepsa The Torre Cepsa (renamed in June 2014, before was Torre Bankia)( en, Cepsa Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of and 45 floors, it is the second tallest of the four buildings in the ...

, Madrid, Spain (2002–2009) *

Apple Park Apple Park is the corporate headquarters of Apple Inc., located in Cupertino, California, United States. It was opened to employees in April 2017, while construction was still underway, and superseded the original headquarters at Apple Campus, ...

(corporate headquarters of

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

Cupertino Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,8 ...

, California, US *

Bloomberg London Bloomberg London is an office building in London, which was opened in 2017. It is owned by Bloomberg L.P. and functions as their European headquarters. It is at 3 Queen Victoria Street, to the west of Walbrook, on the site previously occupied by ...

(European headquarters), London UK (2017) – Stirling Prize *

425 Park Avenue 425 Park Avenue is an office building in New York City redeveloped by L&L Holding and GreenOak Real Estate, with a design by architectural firm Foster + Partners. Work on the new structure began in 2016, and the building was completed in Octobe ...

, New York City, US

Leisure

* The Great Glasshouse,

National Botanic Garden of Wales The National Botanic Garden of Wales ( cy, Gardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru) is a botanical garden located in Llanarthney in the River Tywi valley, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The garden is both a visitor attraction and a centre for botanical rese ...

, Wales, UK (1995–2000) * Elephant House, Copenhagen Zoo#Foster's Elephant House, Copenhagen, Denmark (2002–2008) *

Dolder Grand The Dolder Grand (formerly known as Grand Hotel Dolder) is a 5 star superior hotel in the Swiss city of Zürich. It is located on Adlisberg hill, some from, and above, the city centre. Built in 1899, the hotel spreads out over and offers 173 ro ...

restoration,

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

, Switzerland (2002–2008) * Faustino Winery

Bodegas Faustino The Bodegas Faustino vineyard is located in Spain within the wine-producing region of Rioja, in the province of Alava in the Basque Country, but only 5 km (3 miles) from Logrono. History The Bodegas Faustino vineyard was established in 18 ...

Castilla y Leon Castile, Castille or Castilla may refer to: Places Spain *Castile (historical region), a vaguely defined historical region of Spain covering most of Castile and León, all of the Community of Madrid and most of Castilla–La Mancha *Kingdom of ...

, Spain (2007–2010) * Le Dôme winery,

Saint-Émilion Saint-Émilion (; Gascon: ''Sent Milion'') is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. In 2016, it had a population of 1,938. In the heart of the country of ''Libournais'' (the area around Libourne), in ...

, France (−2021) * ME Hotel, ME by Meliá, London, UK (2004–2013) * The Murray, Hong Kong (2018)

Mixed use

* Albion Riverside, London, UK (1998–2003) *

Al Faisaliyah Center The Al Faisaliyah Centre (or Al Faisaliah Centre, ar, برج الفيصلية) is a commercial skyscraper and mixed-use complex located in the business district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The 267-metre-high office tower, the centrepiece of the Fo ...

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

, Saudi Arabia (1994–2000) * The Index (Dubai),

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

, UAE (2010) *

The Troika ''The Troika'' is a 1997 science fiction novel by American writer Stepan Chapman. Written in surrealist style, the novel features a highly complex plot mixing fantasy and science fiction. It received the Philip K. Dick Award for 1997. Plot summ ...

, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2004–2011) * The Bow, Calgary, Canada (2005–2013) *

Central Market Project The World Trade Center Abu Dhabi is a complex of two skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Construction of these towers was scheduled to end in 2010, though the 2008 financial crisis pushed the project completion date to 2014. The compl ...

, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2006–2013) *

One Central Park One Central Park is a mixed-use dual high-rise building located in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale in New South Wales, Australia. Developed as a joint venture between Frasers Property and Sekisui House, it was constructed by BESIX Group subsi ...

, Sydney, Australia (2012–2013) *

2 World Trade Center 2 World Trade Center (2 WTC; also known as 200 Greenwich Street) is a planned skyscraper as part of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It will replace the original 2 World Trade Center, which was completed in 1972 and ...

(formerly

200 Greenwich Street 2 World Trade Center (2 WTC; also known as 200 Greenwich Street) is a planned skyscraper as part of the World Trade Center complex in Manhattan, New York City. It will replace the original 2 World Trade Center, which was completed in 1972 and ...

), New York City, US (predicted completion date 2022) *

CityCenterDC CityCenterDC is a mixed-use development consisting of two condominium buildings, two rental apartment buildings, two office buildings, a luxury hotel, and public park in downtown Washington, D.C. It encompasses and covers more than five city blo ...

, Washington, D.C., US * Crystal Island, Moscow, Russia (completion date not set yet) *

Hermitage Plaza Hermitage Plaza is a project consisting of a podium and 6 buildings, including two towers, proposed by Hermitage Group for the Paris-La Défense business district. If completed beyond 2027, the two tall towers with 86 and 85 floors would be the ...

La Défense La Défense () is a major business district in France, located west of the city limits of Paris. It is part of the Paris metropolitan area in the Île-de-France region, located in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the communes of Courbevoie, ...

, Paris, France (from 2008) *

India Tower India Tower (previously known as the Park Hyatt Tower; also known as the Dynamix Balwas Tower or DB Tower) is an upcoming 126-story, megatall skyscraper that began construction in the city of Mumbai, India, in 2010. The tower was originally p ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

, India (cancelled) *

Oceanwide Center Oceanwide Center is a mixed-use skyscraper complex on hold in the South of Market, San Francisco, South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California, consisting of two towers. Design The taller tower, located at 50 First Street, is expec ...

, San Francisco, US (predicted completion date 2021) * Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia, US (predicted completion date 2017) *

VietinBank Business Center Office Tower VietinBank Business Center Office Tower is a supertall skyscrapers in the Ciputra urban area. It was planned to be Vietinbank’s headquarters in Hanoi. If built, it will be the second tallest building in Vietnam. History In 2008, Vietinbank ag ...

Hanoi Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...

, Vietnam (predicted completion date 2017) *

Principal Place Principal Place is an office development at the eastern end of Worship Street, Shoreditch, London. The main entrance is approached from Shoreditch High Street. It is a 15-storey office block designed by Foster and Partners. In July 2014, it ...

(including

Principal Tower Principal Tower is a 50-storey residential tower in Worship Street, Shoreditch, London. It was completed in 2019. There are 298 apartments in the building, designed by the architects Foster and Partners. It is next to the 15-storey office block ...

), London, UK (2017) * Battersea Power Station Phase 3, London, UK (under construction) * The One, Toronto, Canada (projected 2020)

Residential

*The Murezzan, St Moritz, Switzerland (2003–2007) *Regent Place, Sydney, Australia (2003–2007) * Jameson House, Vancouver, Canada (2004–2011) * The Aleph, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006–2013) * Anfa Place,

Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

, Morocco (2007–2013) * Faena House,

Miami Beach Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which sep ...

, US *

The Towers by Foster + Partners The Villa Magna Condominium Complex was an urban development that was planned to rise on a plot in Brickell, downtown Miami, Florida. It was approved in 2006 by the city council and the Federal Aviation Administration and construction was slate ...

, Miami, US (2016) * Arcoris Mont Kiara, Malaysia (projected 2016) *

100 East 53rd Street Selene (formerly known as 100 East 53rd Street and 610 Lexington Avenue) is a residential skyscraper at the southwest corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 64-story tower, completed in 2019, was des ...

(formerly 610 Lexington Avenue), New York City, US (2019) * 50 United Nations Plaza, New York City, US (2015) * Ocean Tower, Mumbai, India (projected 2022) * The Estate Makati,

Makati Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration ...

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

(projected 2023)

Current

* Hall of Realms, Madrid, Spain (projected 2021) *

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,0 ...

, Toronto, Canada (projected 2018) *

BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House (), previously known as the BBC Cymru Wales Headquarters building, is the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. It operates many of its broadcasting services (radio and TV) from ther ...

, Cardiff, Wales * Amaravati, India (under construction) *

Varso Tower Varso or Varso Place is a neomodern office building complex in Warsaw, Poland. It was designed by Foster and Partners and developed by HB Reavis. The complex features three buildings, of which the main one, Varso Tower, at in height, is the ta ...

(the tallest building in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

and in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

), Warsaw, Poland (topped-out) * Shinagawa Triton Tower, Tokyo, Japan (under construction, projected to be completed in 2026) * 270 Park Avenue redevelopment, New York, United States (under construction) * Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, United States (renovation)

Selected works

File:LSE large.jpg, The British Library of Political and Economic Science File:Hong Kong International Airport.jpg, The futuristic interior roof of

File:Foster - Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters Ipswich.jpg, The Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters in

was one of Foster's earliest commissions after founding

Foster Associates Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide. ...

. File:British Museum Great Court roof.jpg, The

tessellated A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called ''tiles'', with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of ge ...

glass roof of the

's Great Court. File:Wembley stadium040307.jpg, The new

in London: perhaps one of the most controversial projects that Foster + Partners have been involved in. File:30 St Mary Axe, 'Gherkin'.JPG,

, one of London's most popular new buildings, towers above its neighbours. File:Reichstag Berlin P10100333.JPG, The reconstruction of the

File:Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.jpg,

File:TateMilleniumStPauls GS.jpg,

, London File:HK HSBC Main Building 2008.jpg, HSBC building in Hong Kong File:City Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1774997.jpg, London

City Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...

File:Bloomberg European Headquarters, London.jpg, Bloomberg European Headquarters, London File:Aerial view of Apple Park dllu.jpg,

Awards

* 1998 RIBA Stirling Prize for ''Imperial War Museum'' * 2000 Welsh National Eisteddfod Gold Medal for the Great Glasshouse,

* 2003 MIPIM AR Future Projects Award, Grand Prix for ''Swiss Re'' * 2004 RIBA Stirling Prize for ''Swiss Re'' * 2007 RIBA European Award for ''Dresden Station Redevelopment'' * 2007 RIBA International Award for ''Hearst Tower'' * 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for University of Technology Petronas * 2008 2008 LEAF Award for ''Beijing Airport Terminal 3'' * 2009

RIBA European Award RIBA European Awards are part of an award program by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Complemented by the RIBA National Award, RIBA National and RIBA International Award, International Awards, it rewards "the excellent work being done by R ...

for ''Zenith'' * 2009 2009 RIBA International Award for ''Beijing Airport Terminal 3'' * In June 2011, The Index Tower was the recipient of the 2011 Best Tall Building Middle East & Africa award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat * 2010

RIBA International Award The RIBA International Award is the Royal Institute of British Architects' highest award. The shortlist for the Lubetkin Prize is made up of the winners of the RIBA International Awards. Laureates 2011 RIBA International award winners in 2011 ...

for

* 2011

for

Masdar Institute The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology was a graduate level, research-oriented university focused on alternative energies, sustainability, and environmental research. In 2017, it merged with two other institutions in Abu Dhabi, Petroleum ...

* 2011

for Boston Museum of Fine Arts * 2013

for ''Faena Aleph Residences'' * 2013

* 2013 RIBA Award 7 More London

* 2013 Best Bar, Restaurant & Bar Design Awards for ''Atrium Champagne Bar'', London, UK * 2014

for ''Marseille Vieux Port'' * 2016

for ''Buenos Aires Ciudad Casa de Gobierno'' * 2017 RIBA National Award for ''Maggie's at the Robert Parfett Building'' * 2018 RIBA Awards for International Excellence for Xiao Jing Wan University * 2018 Stirling Prize for

, UK * World Winners

Prix Versailles 2018 Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

Criticism

In June 2008, ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' published an article highly critical of planned real estate development in a pristine seacoast area in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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 Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev ( bg, Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев ; born 5 May 1966) is a Bulgarian politician who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He previously served as President of the Party of Eu ...

, Leader of Bulgarian socialist Party, Prime Minister of Bulgaria between 17 August 2005 and 27 July 2009.

References

External links

Foster + Partners Website
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Antoinette Nassopoulos, Foster + Partners 'Virgin Red Hot Design' talk
Video)
Foster + Partners publications
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