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Apr 26, 2024 · Norman Foster (born June 1, 1935, Manchester, England) is a British architect known for his sleek modern buildings made of steel and glass. Foster was trained at the University of Manchester (1956–61) in England and Yale University (1961–62) in New Haven, Connecticut. Beginning in 1963 he worked in partnership with Richard and Su Rogers and ...
- Gherkin
- Great Court of British Museum
- HSBC Headquarters
- Willis Faber & Dumas Headquarters
- Reichstag Restoration
- Millenium Bridge
- Hearst Tower
- London City Hall
- Apple Park
- Millau Viaduct
The Gherkin building, which he designed in 2003, is one of the most important parts of the London skyline with its simple mass that looks like bullets. Moreover, the Gherkin is among the Norman Foster worksthat have made his mark and come to the for in popular culture. The mass, tapering upwards, has been designed in such a way that the wind will t...
The Great Court of the British Museum in England, which was originally a garden, is covered with an amorphous cover gracefully designed by the architect Norman Foster. This British Museum, which welcomes more than 6 million visitors a year, has witnessed a magnificent space transformation thanks to the modern roof covering its courtyard. This moder...
Constructed between 1979-1986, the Honk Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) building is the first project of Foster & Partners to make a global impact. The building is one of the most successful examples of high-tech architecture. Steel trusses and elevators are located outside the building. In this way, free space was created in the inter...
The office building designed by Foster & Partners in Ipswich, England in 1971 seems to have been designed as a harsh reaction to traditional office design. It is possible to make vertical circulation between storeys with escalators, which is a great innovation for the period when the building was built. Architects anticipated that the flow of infor...
Reichstag, the German Parliament building, is an extremely important and symbolic building for the Germans. It had hosted the assemblies of the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. This neo-renaissance style building was built in Berlin between 1884 and 1894. It could not be used for a long time due to the heavy damage it hit in the Reichstag fir...
Opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000, the Millennium Bridge is London’s first pedestrian bridge. Far from the usual bridge designs, Millennium connects the two sides of the river with the minimum effort and touch. This suspension bridge, whose main material is steel, passes a total span of 320 meters. The bridge has 2 Y-shaped carrier legs in the m...
Completed in 2006, the Hearst Tower is New York’s first Leed-certified high-rise office building. The main structure of the building structure consists of triangular steel frames surrounding the perimeter. Thanks to this special structural design called Diagrid, 21% less steel is used compared to similar sized structures. 90% of the steel material ...
London City Hall, or GLA, is located near the River of Thames. The building, which was put into service in 2002, stands out with its unique mass, like many of Norman Foster structures. Extremely effective solutions have been produced in terms of green building features. The sloping form of the building provides shade to the lower floors, so reducin...
Opened in 2017, Apple Park is one of the newest buildings by Norman Foster. Resembling a giant ring, this structure is the headquarters of Apple, one of the world’s largest technology companies. Rather than an office structure, Apple Park is more like an escape place from a city to nature. Located in California, this headquarters provides a working...
Millau, the world’s largest and longest road bridge. It’s one of the most aesthetic and elegant examples of bridge design. Millau, in the category of cable-supported suspension bridges, is also the world’s highest vehicle bridge with 343 meters. The main construction material of the bridge, which is 32 meters wide and approximately 2500 meters long...
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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, RA, HonFREng (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His architectural practice Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster ...
- The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) | Norman Foster. Year: 2003. Type: Office. Location: St. Mary Axe, London, United Kingdom.
- Reichstag Building. Year: 1999. Type: Government. Location: Berlin.
- City Hall, London. Year: 2002. Type: Town Hall. Location: The Queen’s Walk, London, SE1, United Kingdom.
- Hearst Tower, New York. Year: 2006. Type: Office. Location: 300 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York.
Completed projects. The restored Reichstag in Berlin, housing the German parliament. The dome is part of Foster's redesign. The Hearst Tower in New York City. The Expo MRT station, part of the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore. Millau Viaduct, near Millau in Southern France. Dresden Hauptbahnhof roof and cupola. Torre Cepsa in Madrid, Spain.
StartedCompletedProjectLocation20052013200220132007201120042011The TroikaMar 4, 2020 · The Hearst Tower is Foster’s intervention in a historical structure. The original tower was a six-storey building commissioned by William Randolph Hearst and designed by Joseph Urban in 1928. It was originally intended to be the base of a much larger skyscraper, but these plans were halted during the Great Depression.
Apr 18, 2022 · Hailed as the premier British architect of our times, Lord Foster’s sleek creations in steel and glass have become landmarks of the world’s great cities, from airports in China to office towers in New York and London. He has designed the tallest bridge in the world and crowned Berlin’s Reichstag with a monumental glass dome to signify transparency in government. In 2017, Apple opened its ...
