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norman foster. few architects have had a more direct experience of the impact of globalisation on the city than norman foster.....................................
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norman foster was born in manchester, england in 1935. his father was a shop manager in a poor area of manchester, later a sucurity guard and a manual worker in a factory. his parents sent him to a private school and grammar school. there was a strong work ethic and pressure to leave school early and be a wage earner and foster worked for two years in the city treasurer's office, studied commercial law, before leaving for national service in the royal air force. at this time he was developing a growing interest in architecture. when he came out of the air force he worked in a bakery, sold furniture, worked in a factory... after graduating from manchester university school of architecture and city planning in 1961, which he entered at age 21, he won a fellowship to yale university wherehe gained a masters degree in architecture and where he got to know richard rogers. they became very close friends and in 1963 he worked with him and sue rogers, gorgie wolton and his wife, wendy foster, as a member of 'team 4' until foster associates was found in 1967 (now known as foster and partners). since its inception the practice has received more than 190 awards and citations for excellence and has won over 50 national and international competitions. 1968 - 1983 cooperation with buckminster fuller on a number of projects. foster was awarded the RIBA royal gold medal in 1983, and in 1990 the RIBA trustees medal was made for the willis faber dumas building. he was knighted in 1990, and recieved the gold medal of the AIA in 1994. he was appointed officer of the order of the arts and letters by the ministry of culture in france in 1994. it was announced in the queen's birthday honours list on 12 June 1999 that sir norman foster has been honoured with a life peerage, taking the title lord foster of thames bank. and in the same year he was awarded the prestigious 21st pritzker architecture prize laureate – considered the nobel prize of architecture. his remarkable buildings and urban projects have transformed cityscapes, renewed transportation systems and restored city centres all over the world. many of these aesthetically and technologically groundbreaking projects are based on ecology - conscious concepts, setting new standards for the interaction of buildings with their environment. among his recent projects are some of the most remarkable architectural projects of the last years, including the reconstruction of the reichstag in berlin, the design of the great court at the british museum in london, the millennium bridge (the first new thames crossing for more than 100 years), and the new hong kong international airport - the world’s largest airport terminal. projects 1964 - 1966 creek vean house 1965 - 1966 skybreak house 1965 - 1966 reliance controls electronics factory 1969 - 1970 air-supported offices 1970 - 1971 IBM pilot head office 1970 - 1974 willis faber and dumas head office 1970 - 1972 special care unit 1968 - 1970 fred olsen amenity centre 1969 - 1970 fred olsen passenger terminal 1972 - 1973 factory for SAPA 1972 orange hand shop 1973 - 1976 palmerston special school 1974 housing and offices for fred olsen ltd 1974 - 1977 sainsbury centre for visual arts 1975 gomera regional planning studies 1975 - 1980 IBM technical park 1978 shop for joseph 1979 - 1986 hongkong and shanghai bank 1980 - 1982 renault distribution centre 1980 - 1991 london's third airport, stansted 1981 athletics stadium frankfurt 1982 BBC radio headquarters 1985 - 1991 sackler galleries 1986 - 1990 riverside apartments and studio 1986 - 1987 shop for katharine hamnett 1986 televisa headquarters 1987 - 1991 century tower 1987 - 1997 american air museum 1987 king's cross masterplan 1987 - 1989 stockley park offices 1988 city of london heliport 1988 shop for esprit 1988 - 1991 crescent wing, sainsbury centre for visual arts 1988 - 1995 bilbao metro 1988 - 1992 telecommunications tower 1988 - 1990 ITN headquarters 1988 - 1993 business promotion centre 1988 - 1993 telematic centre 1988 - 1996 microelectronic centre 1989 millennium tower tokyo 1989 - 1992 cranfield university library 1990 shinagawa 1990 - 1995 faculty of law, university of cambridge 1991 sagrera masterplan 1991 - inner harbour masterplan 1991 - 1992 shops and franchises for cacharel 1991 - 1993 lycée albert camus 1991 - 1993 offices for obunsha 1991 - 1996 agiplan headquarters 1991 - 1997 commerzbank headquarters 1991 - 1999 canary wharf station 1992 musée de la prehistoire 1992 tower place 1992 - 1993 marine simulator centre 1992 - 1994 joslyn art museum 1992 - 1994 solar electric vehicle 1992 - 1996 offices for electricité de france 1992 - 1997 design centre, london 1992 - 1997 kowloon canton railway terminal 1992 - 1998 HACTL superterminal and express centre 1992 - 1998 hong kong international airport 1992 - 1999 new german parliament (reichstag, berlin) 1993 - 1995 forth valley community village 1993 - 1998 valencia congress centre 1993 al faisaliah complex 1993 holborn place 1993 millau viaduct 1994 grande stade olympic stadium 1994 - 1998 sir alexander fleming building, imperial college 1994 great court, british museum 1994 - 1995 sealife centre 1994 - 1998 faculty of management 1995 arsta bridge 1995 daewoo electronics headquarters 1995 - 1997 SECC sonference centre 1995 LIFFE headquarters 1995 - 2000 national botanic garden of wales 1995 - 1998 ASPIRE national training centre 1995 world port centre, rotterdam 1995 medical research laboratory stanford university 1995 - 1998 greenwich transport interchange 1996 london millennium tower 1996 prado museum extension 1996 wembley stadium masterplan 1996 - 2000 london millennium bridge 1996 - 2000 citibank headquarters 1996 world squares for all 1996 oxford university library 1998 the music centre, gateshead 1999 kingswood, ascot 1999 greater london authority 1999 swiss re headquarters norman foster has lectured throughout the world and has taught architecture in the united kingdom and the usa. he has recently accepted a post-graduate visiting professorship at university college, bartlett school in london. http://www.fosterandpartners.com |
 norman foster courtesy prestel verlag  reichstag, the new german parliament, berlin by foster and partners courtesy louisiana museum  queen elizabeth II great court, british museum, london, 2001 by foster and partners courtesy louisiana museum  canary wharf station on the jubilee line extension, 2000 by foster and partners courtesy louisiana museum  new british library of political and economic science, london, 2001 courtesy foster and partners  london millennium bridge for pedestians, between bankside and st.pauls cathedral, photo while in construction, 2000 |
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