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.

History

Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, 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 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 ea ...

, Wales * Amaravati, India (under construction)

Bridges

* Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world (2004) * Western Årsta Bridge, Sweden (1994/2005) * Millennium Bridge, London, UK (1998–2002)

Government

* Reichstag building redevelopment, Berlin, Germany (1999) * London City Hall, 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 Ka ...

, 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 ...

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 Episcopal see, See of ...

, UK (1978) * Clyde Auditorium, 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 popu ...

(1997) * Sackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, 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 ver ...

, Nîmes, 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, artill ...

, 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 (architecture), quadrangle of the British Museum in London. It was redeveloped during the late 1990s to a design by Foster a ...

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, 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". Found ...

, National Portrait Gallery, 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 oper ...

, Dallas, US (2003–2009) * Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 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-futurist style, the architectural project was unveiled by the first President of Kazakhstan Nu ...

, 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)T ...

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

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and ...

, Germany (2013) * OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (2004–2013) * Datong Art Museum, China (2011–2022)

Higher education

* Kings Norton Library, Cranfield University, 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 , mottoeng = Now by all your mastered arts , established = 1992 (origins mid-18th century) , type = Public , endowment = £1.9 million (2015) , budget = £103 million (2014) , chancellor = Dame Evelyn Glennie , principal = Professor St ...

, 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 conside ...

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 milli ...

, London, UK (1993–2001) * Imperial College London, 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, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia (2004) *

Tanaka Business School Imperial College Business School is the graduate business school of Imperial College London in the UK. In 2004, the business school was opened by Queen Elizabeth II. History In 1851, the Great Exhibition was the first World's Fair, organized by ...

, renamed the Imperial College Business School, London, UK (2004) * Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2005) * Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy,

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, new campus, New Haven, US (2013) * Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, 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 provi ...

, 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, Cleveland Clinic,

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

, 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 P ...

and Joe Biden.

Sport

* Wembley Stadium 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 st ...

, 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 distingui ...

, ''Chek Lap Kok'', Hong Kong (1998) * Canary Wharf tube station, 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 ...

, Germany (1997–2006) * Beijing Capital International Airport, 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,

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex , Offi ...

, 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 ...

, 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 and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...

, Sweden (projected 2022) *

Queen Alia International Airport Queen Alia International Airport ( ar, مطار الملكة علياء الدولي, Maṭār al-Malika ʿAlyāʾ ad-Dawaliyy) is an international airport located in Zizya, 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Amman, Jordan's capital city, as w ...

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; 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 as of 2021, Amman is ...

, 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 T ...

, UK (from 2013) * Ocean Terminal extension, Hong Kong * York University station – TYSSE,

Vaughan, Ontario Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increas ...

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 anch ...

, Canada (2017) * Red Sea International Airport, 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 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 Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham, and Greenwich. The docks were formerly part of the Port o ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ...

, Frankfurt, Germany (1997) * Citigroup Centre, London, UK (1996–2000) *

8 Canada Square 8 Canada Square (also known as the HSBC Tower) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. The building serves as the global headquarters of the HSBC Group. The building has 45 storeys and houses approximately 8,000 employees. Design and construct ...

(global headquarters of

HSBC Group HSBC Holdings plc is a British 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 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tr ...

, 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. ...

('The Gherkin'), London, UK –

Swiss Re Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd,
Swiss Re. Retrieved on 18 January 2011. "Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd ("Swiss Re") ...

headquarters (2004) – Stirling Prize * 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 Formu ...

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, Sydney (1997–2005) * Hearst Tower, New York City, US (2006) * Willis Building, London, UK (2001–2007) * Torre Cepsa, 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 1 Infinite ...

(corporate headquarters of Apple Inc.,

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 57,82 ...

, California, US * Bloomberg London (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 October ...

, 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 r ...

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

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

, Switzerland (2002–2008) * Faustino Winery Bodegas Faustino,

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), i ...

, 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 Fos ...

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 ...

, Saudi Arabia (1994–2000) *

The Index (Dubai) The Index is a tall, 80-storey skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Of the 80 floors, the first four floors are service floors, 5th–29th are to be offices and 31st–77th are residential use, 73rd and 75th floors are duplex penthouses and ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, wikt:دبي, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 ...

, UAE (2010) * The Troika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2004–2011) * The Bow, Calgary, Canada (2005–2013) * Central Market Project, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2006–2013) * One Central Park, 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 bl ...

, 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 Courbev ...

, 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 secon ...

, India (cancelled) * Oceanwide Center, San Francisco, US (predicted completion date 2021) *

Comcast Technology Center The Comcast Technology Center is a supertall skyscraper in Center City, Philadelphia. The 60-floor building, with a height of , is the tallest building in Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the fourteenth-tallest building in the ...

, 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, Vietinban ...

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 i ...

, 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 w ...

(including Principal Tower), London, UK (2017) *

Battersea Power Station Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) ...

Phase 3, London, UK (under construction) *

The One The ONE is a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is built on the site of the former Tung Ying Building at 100 Nathan Road. It was developed by Chinese Estates Holdings and opened in 2010. Owner Joseph Lau Luen-hung g ...

, Toronto, Canada (projected 2020)

Residential

*The Murezzan,

St Moritz St. Moritz (also german: Sankt Moritz, rm, , it, San Maurizio, french: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is Upper Engadine's major town and a municipality in ...

, 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 ...

, US *

The Towers by Foster + Partners ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

, Miami, US (2016) * Arcoris Mont Kiara, Malaysia (projected 2016) * 100 East 53rd Street (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 The Estate Makati is a residential skyscraper under construction in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. Construction The Estate Makati is a project of ST 6747 Resources Corp. which is a joint venture of SM Development Corp. (SMDC) and Federal Land ...

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 The ''Salón de Reinos'' (translated as "Hall of the Kingdoms" or "Hall of Realms") or ''salón grande'' ("great hall") is a 17th-century building in Madrid, originally a wing of the Buen Retiro Palace. The Salón de Reinos and the Casón del Bu ...

, Madrid, Spain (projected 2021) *

York University York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and sta ...

, 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 there ...

, 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 t ...

(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 populou ...

and in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

), 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 The Transamerica Pyramid is a 48-story futurist skyscraper in San Francisco, California, United States, and the second tallest building in the San Francisco skyline. Located at 600 Montgomery Street between Clay and Washington Streets in the c ...

, 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 The Willis Building (originally the Willis Faber & Dumas regional headquarters) in Ipswich, England, is one of the earliest buildings designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Norman Foster and Wendy Foster, Wendy Cheesman after est ...

was one of Foster's earliest commissions after founding Foster Associates. File:British Museum Great Court roof.jpg, The tessellated glass roof of the

's Great Court. File:Wembley stadium040307.jpg, The new Wembley Stadium 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 Reichstag building File:Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.jpg,

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

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

Awards

* 1998

RIBA Stirling Prize The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling, organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The S ...

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

for ''Swiss Re'' * 2007 RIBA European Award for ''Dresden Station Redevelopment'' * 2007 RIBA International Award for ''Hearst Tower'' * 2007

Aga Khan Award for Architecture The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the field ...

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 and International Awards, it rewards "the excellent work being done by RIBA members in the European Union outside the ...

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 for

* 2011 RIBA International Award for Masdar Institute * 2011 RIBA International Award for

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* 2013 RIBA International Award for ''Faena Aleph Residences'' * 2013 RIBA International Award Central Market Project * 2013 RIBA Award 7 More London

* 2013 Best Bar,

Restaurant & Bar Design Awards The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards, is an annual award dedicated to recognising the design and architecture of food and beverage spaces internationally. The Restaurant & Bar Design Awards is an independent award system, set up by Marco Rebora in ...

for ''Atrium Champagne Bar'', London, UK * 2014 RIBA International Award for ''Marseille Vieux Port'' * 2016 RIBA International Award for ''Buenos Aires Ciudad Casa de Gobierno'' * 2017

RIBA National Award RIBA National Awards are part of an awards program operated by the Royal Institute of British Architects, also encompassing the Stirling Prize, the European Award and the International Award. The National Awards are given to buildings in the UK w ...

for ''Maggie's at the Robert Parfett Building'' * 2018 RIBA Awards for International Excellence for Xiao Jing Wan University * 2018 Stirling Prize for Bloomberg London, UK * World Winners Prix Versailles 2018

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 ...

'' 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 Macedo ...

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
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Foster + Partners publications
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