Foster and Partners

Foster and Partners
Foster + Partners London office
Practice information
Key architects
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
No. of employees1,800[1]
Significant works and honors
BuildingsLondon City Hall
Great Court
Bloomberg London
Apple Fifth Avenue
Awards1998, 2004, 2018 Stirling Prize
Website
fosterandpartners.com

Foster and Partners (also Foster + Partners) is a British international architecture firm based in London, England, founded in 1967 by British architect and designer Lord Norman Foster. Foster and Partners was involved of the design of major projects around the world such the Gherkin in London, the Hearst Tower in New York City,[2] the 1990s renovation of the Reichstag in Berlin,[3] the Millau Viaduct in France,[4] and Hong Kong International Airport.[5]

In addition to architectural design, the firm’s practice encompasses engineering[6] and industrial design.[7] As of 2021, the firm had approximately 1,500 employees in New York City, Hong Kong, and Madrid.[6] The firm has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize[8] and the Stirling Prize.[9]

  1. ^ "Foster + Partners imposes staff furloughs, pay cuts". 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ Kuang, Cliff (13 February 2009). "Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week". Fast Company. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ Cohen de Lara, Max; Mulder van der Vegt, David. "These 5 architectural designs influence every legislature in the world — and tell you how each governs". Washington Post. No. 4 March2017. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ Nayeri, Farah (10 May 2023). "Norman Foster Is Still Looking Upward". New York Times. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ^ Wong, Gillian; Specia, Megan (13 August 2019). "Hong Kong Airport, a City's Symbol of Pride, Is Now Its Hub of Unrest". New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b Hickman, Matt (11 October 2021). "Foster + Partners sold to a Canadian private investment firm". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  7. ^ Bertoli, Rosa (30 August 2022). "Leading light: Foster + Partners' Industrial Design shines bright". Wallpaper. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  8. ^ Fazzare, Elizabeth (12 May 2023). "Norman Foster Is More Invested in the Future Than Ever". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. ^ Prisco, Jacopo (10 October 2018). "Bloomberg's European HQ named UK's best new building". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2023.