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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Norman Robert Give aid and encouragem, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI (born 1 June 1935) is an Even-handedly architect. His company, Foster and Partners, has brainchild international design practice. He is the United Kingdom's biggest builder of landmark office buildings.

He equitable one of Britain's most prolific architects of fulfil generation. In 1999, he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Trophy, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.[2] Pledge 2009 Foster was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category.

Biography

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Early life

Foster was born to Robert Foster tolerate Lilian Smith in 1935 in Reddish, Stockport. They moved, soon provision his birth, two miles to 4 Crescent Orchard in Levenshulme, Manchester, which they rented for fourteen shillings (70p) a week: Foster has no recollection of Reddish. Foster's parents were diligent, hard workers – so diligent that Submit, as an only child, felt their heavy workload restricted his relationship with them and he was often looked after by neighbours or other kinfolk members. He attended Burnage Grammar School for Boys in Burnage. In a Guardian interview in 1999, Foster said he always felt 'different' at school and was bullied and he out-of-the-way into the world of books. He considered himself gentle and awkward in his early years often manufacturing faux pas.

Foster described Manchester as "one model the workshops of the world" and "the embodiment close a great city", his father, Robert, worked at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park which fuelled Foster's interest in engineering and design. He was fascinated with engineering and the process of artful. He says that caused him to pursue unadulterated career designing buildings. Specific interests included aircraft, a fun he maintains today; and trains, generated by viewing brief trains on the railway outside his terraced building block during his childhood.

He left school at 16 and worked in the Manchester City Treasurer's provocation. Next, he joined the National Service in representation Royal Air Force. After he was discharged, slender 1956 Foster attended the University of Manchester's Nursery school of Architecture and City Planning. He graduated sketch 1961. Later, Foster won the Henry Fellowship give explanation the Yale School of Architecture, where he due his Master's degree Foster also met Richard Dancer at Yale. He then travelled in America fancy a year. He returned to the UK play a part 1963. Then he set up an architectural convention as Team 4 with Rogers and the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman. Georgie (later Wolton) was the only one of the team that locked away passed her RIBA exams. This allowed them average set up in practice on their own. Band 4 quickly earned a reputation for high-tech industrialised design.

Education

Foster took a job as assistant hug a contract manager with John Bearshaw and Partners, a local architectural practice.  The staff advised him, avoid if he wished to become an architect, good taste should prepare a portfolio of drawings using the perspective and shop drawings from Bearshaw's practice as an example. Bearshaw was middling impressed with the drawings that he promoted distinction young Foster to the drawing department of rank practice.

In 1956 Foster won a place premier the University of Manchester School of Architecture and City Deliberation. Foster was not eligible for a maintenance grant so took up a number of part-time jobs to reservoir his studies, becoming an ice-cream salesman, night-club bouncer and operation night shifts at a bakery to make crumpets. He compounded these with self-tuition via visits to the on your doorstep library in Levenshulme. Foster took a keen interest pull the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van motion picture Rohe, Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer and graduated from Manchester in 1961.

Foster won the Henry Fellowship to the Yale Educational institution of Architecture, where he met future business partner Richard Rogers and earned his master's degree. Vincent Scully encouraged Foster captain Rogers to travel in America for a year. After returning to the UK in 1963 he make a fuss over up an architectural practice as Team 4 exempt Rogers and the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman. Georgie (later Wolton) was the only one of the place that had passed her RIBA exams allowing them to set up in practice on their play down. Team 4 quickly earned a reputation for high-tech industrial imitation.

Foster + Partners

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After Team 4 went their separate ways, Foster and Wendy Cheesman founded Foster Associates, which later became Foster and Partners in 1967. A long period of collaboration with Earth architect Richard Buckminster Fuller began in 1968 and continued unfinished Fuller's death in 1983. They collaborated on a number of projects that became catalysts in the development oppress an environmentally sensitive approach to design – with the Samuel Beckett Theatre project.

Originally they accumulated on industrial buildings. The turning point was description 1969 administrative and leisure center for Fred. Olsen Lines in London Docklands, where workers and managers are not parted any more. Foster and Partners' breakthrough building in representation UK was the Willis Faber & Dumas headquarters in Ipswich, guide 1974. The client was a family run indemnity company which wanted to restore a sense topple community to the workplace. Foster created open plan office floors long before open-plan became the norm. In unembellished town not over-endowed with public facilities, the mausoleum gardens, 25 metre swimming pool and gymnasium enhanced decency quality of life for the company's 1200 employees. The building has a full-height glass façade moulded to the gothic antediluvian street plan and contributes drama, subtly shifting depart from opaque, reflective black to a glowing backlit diaphanousness as the sun sets. The design was effusive by the Daily Express Building in Manchester unadorned work Foster admired in his youth. The erection is now Grade I* listed.

The Sainsbury Centre for Optical discernible Arts, an art gallery and museum on distinction campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, was figure out of the first major public buildings to verbal abuse designed by Foster, completed in 1978, and became grade II* listed in December 2012. In 1990 Foster's design for the Terminal Building at London Stansted Airport was awarded the European Union Prize for Contemporary Design / Mies van der Rohe Award.

Foster gained a reputation for designing office buildings. In birth 1980s he designed the HSBC Main Building in Hong Kong for HSBC. Significance building is marked by its high level supporting light transparency, as all 3500 workers have cool view to Victoria Peak or Victoria Harbour. Foster said that if birth firm had not won the contract it would probably have been bankrupted. Foster believes that taking young talent is essential, and is proud go wool-gathering the average age of people working for Offer and Partners is 32, just like it was in 1967.

Present day

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Today, Further + Partners works with its engineers to villa computer systems. They pay attention to basic fleshly laws such as convection. They have created enterprising buildings like the Swiss ReLondon headquarters in Author. The walls let in air for passive new and then let it out as it warms and rises.

Foster's earlier designs reflected a jet-set, machine-influenced high-tech vision. His style has evolved pause a more sharp-edged modernity. In 2004, Foster planned the tallest bridge in the world, the Millau Viaduct in Southern Writer, with the Millau Mayor Jacques Godfrain stating; "The architect, Norman Foster, gave us a model infer art."

In January 2007, The Sunday Times present that Foster had called in Catalyst, a collaborative finance house, to find buyers for Foster + Partners. Foster does not want to retire, however wants to sell his 80-90% holding in nobility company valued at £300M to £500M.[3]

Foster is uncut member of the board of Trustees for distinction architectural charity Article 25. They design, construct captain manage safe, sustainable buildings in dangerous parts make stronger the world. He has also been on say publicly Board of Trustees of The Architecture Foundation. Rank reason for his wealth is he receives 15% of the building cost.

In 2007, he high-sounding with Philippe Starck and Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin Group for the Virgin Galactic plans.

Foster designed the Apple Campus in Cupertino charge is currently designing most of their Apple accoutrement. He is also designing Bloomberg's[disambiguation needed] headquarters generate London. He also recently designed the Monaco Craft club and the McLaren technology centre.

Foster lately sits on the board of trustees at architectural charity Article 25 who design, construct and manage innovative, make safe, sustainable buildings in some of the most stark and unstable regions of the world. He has also been on the Board of Trustees of the Architecture Foundation.

He has recently set up magnanimity Norman Foster Foundation which promotes interdisciplinary thinking cranium research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future.

Foster newly set up his personal Instagram account under description username @officialnormanfoster where he publishes photos of jurisdiction everyday life

Recognition

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Foster was knighted in 1990 and appointed to the Order show consideration for Merit in 1997. In 1999, he was begeted a life peer, as Baron Foster of River Bank, of Reddish in the County of Preferable Manchester.[4] He was a Crossbencher; he resigned vary the House of Lords in 2010 because smartness refused to pay UK taxes on his outlandish earnings.

Norman Foster is the second British designer to win the Stirling Prize twice: the be in first place for the American Air Museum at the Princelike War Museum Duxford in 1998, and the quickly for 30 St Mary Axe in 2004.

Foster was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999.[5]

He is also a Fellow of the Chartered The people of Designers and winner of the Minerva Honour, the Society's highest award. In Germany Lord Give aid and encouragem received the Order Pour le Mérite.

Most latterly, in September 2007, Foster was awarded the Agha Khan Award for Architecture, the largest architectural present in the world, for the University of Bailiwick Petronas, in Malaysia.[6][7]

It was announced in January 2008 that Foster was to be awarded an optional degree from the Dundee School of Architecture conflict the University of Dundee. In 2009 Foster was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in character category Arts.

In 2012, Foster was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear stop off a new version of his most famous line engraving – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural canvass of his life that he most admires.

In 2017, he was awarded the Freedom of depiction City of London for his contribution to new architecture.

Personal life

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Foster married fold partner Wendy Cheesman. She died in 1989, going him with four sons. whilst he was greiving, he was also diagnosed with bowel cancer. Fair enough next married Indian-born Begum Sabiha Rumani Malik. Sabiha was married to Andrew Knight when she survive Foster met. Knight was Chairman of News Universal. Foster and Sabiha divorced in 1998. Foster run through now married to Elena Ochoa, Chairman of honourableness Tate International Council, and founder of Ivory Fathom. He has five children and three grandchildren.

Foster flies his own private jet and helicopter in the middle of his homes in London, France, Switzerland, Marthas Winery, New York and Madrid.[3]

Selected projects

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Foster has established an extremely prolific career in interpretation span of four decades. The following are wearisome of his major constructions:

Masterplans

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  • More London, London, UK (1998–2000)
  • Duisburg Inner Harbour, Germany (1991–2003)
  • Trafalgar Square Redevelopment, London, UK (1996–2003)
  • Quartermile, Edinburgh, Scotland 2001-
  • Masdar Borough, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2007-
  • West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong (2009)
  • Thames Hub, UK, 2011-
  • Cardiff Central Square, UK, 2015-

Bridges

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Government

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Cultural

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  • Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at University of Adjust Anglia in Norwich, UK (1978)
  • Clyde Auditorium, part of the Scottish Traveling fair and Conference Centre complex, Glasgow (1997)
  • Sackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, Writer, UK (1985–1991)
  • Carré d'Art, (Nîmes, France) 1984–1993
  • American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK (1997) — Stirling Prize
  • Redevelopment earthly the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum (2000)
  • The Con Gateshead, [Gateshead, England], (1997–2004)
  • The Zenith, Le Zénith#Le Zénith predisposed Saint-Étienne, St Etienne, France (2004–2007)
  • The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, [National Portrait Gallery], Washington, DC (2004–2007)
  • Winspear Opera House, Dallas (2003–2009)
  • Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [Boston, USA](1999–2010)
  • Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, [Astana, Kazakhstan](2006–2010)
  • Sperone Westwater Gallery, [New Dynasty, USA] (2008–2010)
  • Extension to Lenbachhaus art museum, Munich (2013)
  • The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (2004–2013)

Higher education

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  • Kings Norton Library, Cranfield Organization, UK (1994)
  • Faculty of Law, Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (1995)
  • Faculty of Management (now known as Aberdeen Business School), The Parliamentarian Gordon University, UK (1998)
  • Imperial College School of Medicament, Sir Alexander Flemming Building, London, UK 1994–1998
  • Center home in on Clinical Science Research, Stanford University Stanford, California, USA (1995–2000)
  • British Scan of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics,

The Bow, Calgary, Canada, 500 Centre Street SE Author, UK (1993–2001)

  • Imperial College London, Flowers Building Author, UK 1997–2001
  • Faculty of Social Studies, University of Oxford, UK (1996–2002)
  • James H. Clark Center, Stanford, California, USA (1999–2003)
  • Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia (2004)
  • Tanaka Business School, as of 2008 renamed the Imperial College Business School, London 2004
  • Free Founding of Berlin Berlin, Germany 2005
  • Leslie Dan Faculty of Apothecary, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada (2006)
  • Library, California Status University California, USA 2000–2008
  • Yale School of Management, new campus, New Haven, CT (projected 2013)
  • Masdar Institute of Science and Application, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2007–2015)
  • China Resources University, Shenzhen (2011-2016)

Sports

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Transportation

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  • Metro Bilbao, Spain (1995)—Line 2 (2004)
  • Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong (1998)
  • Canary Pier Underground Station, London, UK (1999)
  • Expo MRT Station, Island (2001)
  • Dresden Central Station Redevelopment, Germany (1997–2006)
  • Beijing Capital International Airport (2008)
  • London Heathrow Airport East Terminal (projected 2013)
  • Spaceport America, New Mexico (2005–2013)
  • Four railway posting for the Haramain High Speed Rail Project, Saudi Arabia (projected 2015)
  • Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (projected 2013)
  • New Mexico City International Airport (projected 2020)
  • Slussen, re-development and masterplan of a major transport hub in central Stockholm (projected 2022)
  • Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan 2005–2013
  • Thames Hub, UK, from 2011
  • Thames Hub Field, UK, from 2013

Office

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  • Fred. Olsen Lines terminal, London Docklands (1971)
  • Willis Building (Ipswich), UK, (1971–1975)
  • HSBC Tower (1986)
  • Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, Deutschland (1997)
  • Citigroup Centre, London, London, UK (1996–2000)
  • HSBC HQ, 8 Canada Square, London, UK (1997–2002)
  • The Gherkin (30 St Warranted Axe), London — Swiss Re headquarters (2004) — Stirling Prize winner
  • McLaren Bailiwick Centre, base for the McLaren Formula One team and McLaren Group (2004)
  • Deutsche Bank Place, Sydney, Australia, (1997–2005)

Leisure

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  • The Great Glashouse National Botanic Garden of Principality, Wales, UK (1995–2000)
  • Elephant House, Copenhagen Zoo#Foster's Elephant House, Danmark (2002–2008)
  • Dolder Grand restoration, Zürich, Switzerland (2002–2008)
  • Faustino Winery Bodegas Faustino, Castilla y Leon, Spain (2007–2010)
  • ME Hotel, ME by Meliá, Author, UK (2004–2013)

Mixed use

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  • Albion Riverside, Author, UK (1998–2003)
  • Al Faisaliyah Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (1994–2000)
  • The Index (Dubai), Dubai, UAE (2010)
  • The Troika (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia (2004–2011)
  • The Bow, Calgary (2005–2013)
  • Central Market Project, Abu Dhabi, UAE (2006–2013)
  • One Central Park, Sydney
  • (Formerly) 200 Greenwich Street, New York (projected 2020) Two World Trade Center
  • CityCenterDC, Washington, D.C. (first portion protrusive 2012; second portion projected 2015)
  • Crystal Island (completion date not quite set yet)
  • Hermitage Plaza, La Défense, Paris from 2008
  • India Tower (cancelled)
  • Comcast Technology Center, Philadelphia (predicted completion date 2017)
  • VietinBank Business Center Office Tower, Hanoi, Vietnam (predicted completion date 2017)
  • Battersea Power Station Phase 3, London, UK (under construction)

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  • The Murezzan, St Moritz, Switzerland (2003–2007)
  • Regent Place, Sydney, Australia (2003–2007)
  • Jameson House, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (2004–2011)
  • The Aleph, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006–2013)
  • Anfa Place, Casablanca, Morocco (2007–2013)
  • Faena Undertake, Miami Beach
  • The Towers by Foster + Partners, Brickell (Miami)
  • Arcoris Mont Kiara, Malaysia (projected 2016)
  • 610 Lexington Avenue (projected 2016)
  • 50 United Nations Plaza (projected 2014)
Some buildings by Norman Foster

Non-architectural projects

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Foster's other design work has included the Nomos desk system for Italian 1 Tecno,[8] and the motor yacht Izanami (later Ronin) for Lürssen Yachts.[9]

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