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[[Image:City hall london.jpg|thumb|200px|London [[City Hall (London)|City Hall]] at night]] |
[[Image:City hall london.jpg|thumb|200px|London [[City Hall (London)|City Hall]] at night]] |
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| ⚫ | [[Image:British Museum Great Court roof.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The [[tessellation|tessellated]] glass roof of the [[British Museum]]'s [[Queen Elizabeth II Great Court|Great Court]] redevelopment has a complex curved form, approximating the top half of a [[Doughnut (food)|doughnut]] anchored by the circular [[British Museum Reading Room|Reading Room]] at the centre of the court.]] |
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==Selected projects== |
==Selected projects== |
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Major projects, by year of completion are: |
Major projects, by year of completion are: |
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| ⚫ | [[Image:British Museum Great Court roof.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The [[tessellation|tessellated]] glass roof of the [[British Museum]]'s [[Queen Elizabeth II Great Court|Great Court]] redevelopment has a complex curved form, approximating the top half of a [[Doughnut (food)|doughnut]] anchored by the circular [[British Museum Reading Room|Reading Room]] at the centre of the court.]] |
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[[Image:Wembley_stadium040307.jpg|thumb|175px|The new [[Wembley Stadium]] in London: perhaps one of the most controversial projects that Foster and Partners have been involved in. The design was unveiled in 1999, with an iconic "tiara" crowning the main stadia as its most distinguishable feature, but numerous delays meant the stadium did not open until 2007.]] |
[[Image:Wembley_stadium040307.jpg|thumb|175px|The new [[Wembley Stadium]] in London: perhaps one of the most controversial projects that Foster and Partners have been involved in. The design was unveiled in 1999, with an iconic "tiara" crowning the main stadia as its most distinguishable feature, but numerous delays meant the stadium did not open until 2007.]] |
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[[Image:30-St-Mary-Axe.jpg|thumb|175px|[[30 St Mary Axe]], one of London's most popular new buildings, towers above its neighbours.]] |
[[Image:30-St-Mary-Axe.jpg|thumb|175px|[[30 St Mary Axe]], one of London's most popular new buildings, towers above its neighbours.]] |
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Revision as of 16:32, 17 November 2007
Foster and Partners is a leading firm of architects in the United Kingdom. The practice is strongly associated with its founder, Norman Foster, now Lord Foster, and has constructed many high profile glass and steel, high-tech buildings around the world. In particular they are known for their design of airport buildings.
Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, the firm was renamed 'Foster and Partners' in the 1990s to more accurately reflect the influence of the other lead architects.
Selected projects
Major projects, by year of completion are:
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK (1978)
- HSBC Tower (1986)
- Terminal building at Stansted Airport, UK (1991)
- Faculty of Law, Cambridge (1995)
- Metro of Bilbao, Spain (1995) — Line 2 (2004)
- American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK (1997) — Stirling Prize
- Clyde Auditorium, part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre complex, Glasgow (1997)
- Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, Germany (1997)
- Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong (1998)
- Canary Wharf Underground Station, London, UK (1999)
- Reichstag redevelopment in Berlin (1999)
- Millennium Bridge in London (1999/2002)
- Redevelopment of the Great Court of the British Museum (2000)
- London City Hall (2002)
- 30 St Mary Axe, London — Swiss Re headquarters (2004) — Stirling Prize
- Millau Viaduct, the highest road bridge in the world (2004)
- The Sage Gateshead, UK (2004)
- Moor House, 120 London Wall, London (2005)
- Wembley Stadium reconstruction (2007)
- Beijing Airport — under construction
- Heathrow East Terminal - projected 2012
- Tanaka Business School
- New Supreme Court Building, Singapore (2005)
- Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan — (September 2006)
- Hearst Tower, New York City (June 2006)
- Jameson House in Vancouver — (not yet on site)
- U2 Tower, Ireland (2008-2011)
- Nou Camp (Barcelona), reconstruction - (projected 2009)
- The Bow, Calgary - (projected 2010)
- Spaceport America, New Mexico - (projected 2010)
- 200 Greenwich Street, New York - (projected 2011)
- Yale School of Management, new campus, New Haven, CT (projected 2011)
- Croydon Tower, Croydon, London — (projected 2012)
- Masdar City (projected 2010s)
Awards
1998 Imperial War Museum Duxford, Duxford
2004 Swiss Re Building, 30 St Mary Axe, The Gherkin
See also
External links
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