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Norman Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect and urbanist. He is widely recognised as a seminal pioneer of high-tech architecture and a defining figure in British modernism. His structural steel-and-glass designs have fundamentally shaped late 20th- and early 21st-century urban landscapes worldwide.
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entertainment · English architect (born 1935) · architect · politician · designer · film actor · also Norman Foster, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Norman Robert Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, Sir Norman Foster, Nōman Fosutā
Born 1 June 1935 · Q104898
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2026· 20 entries
Bustler: Architecture: Research on reusing construction material in India wins 2026 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship
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ArchDaily: Galería de Tres continentes, una misión: repensar el futuro de las ciudades con el Norman Foster Institute - 8
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Architecture Today: Yukta Chegu wins 2026 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship
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ArchDaily: Galería de Norman Foster, ganador del proyecto Centro de Tratamiento del Cáncer Maggie en Manchester - 1
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ArchDaily: Galería de Plataforma en Viaje: Cúpula del Reichstag, Norman Foster - 11
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ArchDaily: Galería de Inaugurada la sede de la Fundación Norman Foster en Madrid - 7
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ArchDaily: Galería de El nuevo aeropuerto espacial de Norman Foster en Nuevo México - 6
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Arquitectura y Diseño: Norman Foster, en 1999: "Cualquier cosa que reduzca el consumo de energía y reduzca los gases de efecto invernadero es una buena noticia"
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Motorbike Magazine: Norton se alía con Norman Foster para diseñar sus concesionarios del futuro
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The Objective: El refugio de Norman Foster en Chamberí es el espectacular jardín de su palacete: una lámina de agua, vegetación y un oasis de tranquilidad
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ArchDaily: Galería de El estrecho vínculo entre cine y arquitectura en el próximo ciclo de Norman Foster Foundation en Madrid - 1
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The Objective: Los orígenes de Elena Ochoa antes de conocer a Norman Foster: «Ser gallega me ha marcado y me ha servido para moverme por el mundo»
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ArchDaily: Galería de Norman Foster renuncia a la construcción de su fundación en Madrid - 1
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ArchDaily: Galería de Así será el nuevo aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México, a cargo de Norman Foster y Fernando Romero - 8
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ArchDaily: Galería de En Construcción Noticias: Zaha Hadid, OMA, Norman Foster y BIG en competencia para el Embarcadero de la Marina de Chicago - 2
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ArchDaily: Buildner y Norman Foster lanzan un concurso abierto de un mes para revitalizar la Plaza de la Libertad de Járkov
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ArchDaily: Galería de Frases: Norman Foster - 1
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ArchDaily: Galería de Norman Foster se compromete a coordinar los esfuerzos de diseño para la reconstrucción de Járkov - 2
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ArchDaily: Galería de La Fundación Norman Foster y Arup presentan el plan maestro para la reconstrucción de Járkov - 2
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2025· 1 entry
Yale Environment 360: Architect Norman Foster reflects on how Yale shaped his practice
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2024· 4 entries
Commercial Observer: Norman Foster’s Architectural Firm Signs Miami Office Lease
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ArchDaily: Buildner and Norman Foster Launch One-Month Open Competition to Revitalize Kharkiv’s Freedom Square
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Deadline.com: Norman Foster Hollywood Office Tower Will Feature Spiral Design
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ArchDaily: The Norman Foster Institute Is Now Accepting Applications For Its 2025 Programme On Sustainable Cities
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2017· 1 entry
Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Lord Jacob Rothschild during the International Achievement Summit in London
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Foster was among the British cultural figures selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt
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2009· 1 entry
Received the Prince of Asturias Award in the category 'Arts'
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2008· 1 entry
Was granted an honorary degree from the Dundee School of Architecture at the University of Dundee
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2007· 3 entries
[1] Norman Foster Foundation website
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Worked with Philippe Starck and Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group for the Virgin Galactic plans
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To honour his contributions to the advancement of tall buildings
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded M100 Media Award (2005).
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Prince Philip Designers Prize (2004).
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Foster designed the tallest bridge in the world, the Millau Viaduct in Southern France, with the Millau Mayor Jacques Godfrain stating; "The architect, Norman Foster, gave us a model of art
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong (2003).
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (2002).
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Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2002).
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1999· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999).
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Awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize (1999).
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The company was renamed Foster & Partners, which was then stylised as Foster + Partners from 2006 onwards
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Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1999–2010).
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Berliner Bär (1998).
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Awarded Stirling Prize (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Married Spanish psychologist and art curator Elena Ochoa
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia (1995).
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Was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (HonFREng)
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1994· 1 entry
Won AIA Gold Medal (1994).
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1991· 1 entry
And was awarded the 1990 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Berliner Kunstpreis (1989).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Royal Designer for Industry (1988).
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Foster and British artist Brian Clarke made several proposals for an integral stained glass artwork for the terminal building; the principal proposal would have seen the walls of the terminal's east and west elevations c
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1986· 1 entry
Received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bath
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1985· 1 entry
With the HSBC Building in Hong Kong, a revolutionary high-tech tower featuring a suspended structural steel framework
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1983· 2 entries
Won Royal Gold Medal (1983).
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The AIA Gold Medal in 1994, and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999
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1981· 1 entry
Foster received a commission for the construction of a new terminal building at London's Stansted Airport
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1978· 1 entry
And became grade II* listed in December 2012
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
With the completion of the Willis Faber & Dumas headquarters in Ipswich, commissioned in 1970 and completed in 1975
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1970· 1 entry
By the world's first inflatable office building for Computer Technology Limited near Hemel Hempstead, which housed 70 employees for a year
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1967· 2 entries
Foster and Wendy founded a new practice, Foster Associates
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Established Foster Associates—later rebranded as Foster + Partners—which has grown into the largest and most commercially successful architectural practice in the UK
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1963· 1 entry
Foster returned to the UK and established his own architectural firm Team 4, with Rogers, Su Brumwell, and the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman
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1962· 1 entry
Studied at Yale School of Architecture, master's degree (1961–1962).
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1961· 2 entries
Studied at University of Manchester, bachelor's degree (1956–1961).
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Foster won the Henry Fellowship to the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut, where he met future business partner Richard Rogers and earned his master's degree
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1959· 1 entry
When he won £105 and a RIBA silver medal for what he described as "a measured drawing of a windmill"
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1956· 1 entry
Foster began study at the School of Architecture and City Planning, part of the Victoria University of Manchester
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1953· 1 entry
Foster completed his national service in the Royal Air Force, choosing the air force because aircraft had been a longtime hobby
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-06-01.
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