Arch. Norman Robert Foster

“The best architecture comes from all the synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building…”

- Norman Foster

BIOGRAPHY

• Born in June 1, 1935 in Reddish, Stockport• Graduated from Manchester University School of

Architecture in 1961• Received Master’s Degree in Architecture at Yale

University• Formed a firm named Team 4 in 1963• Founder of Foster + Partners, which is founded in London

in 1967• Project offices in more than 20 countries.• Received 470 awards for excellence and has won

more than 86 international and national competitions.

NOTABLE RECOGNITIONS

• Received AIA Gold Medal in 1994

• Won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999

• Won the Stirling Prize twice in 1998 & 2004

• Received the The Lynn S. Beedle Life Time Achievement Award in 2007

• Received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2008

Design Philosophy

“Technology is part of civilization and being anti-technology would be like declaring war on architecture and civilization itself. If I can get carried away with some passion about poetry of the light in one of my projects, then I can also, in the same vein, enjoy the poetry of the hydraulic engineering.”

-Norman Foster

“Foster + Partners has always been guided by a belief that the quality of our surroundings has a direct influence on the quality of our lives, whether that is in the workplace, at home or in the public realm.”

-Foster + Partners: Philosophy

MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONS

Willis Faber & Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich, England (1974)

Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, England (1977)

Renault Distribution Centre, Swindon, England (1982)

Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong (1986)

Stansted Airport Building, England (1991)

Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France (1993)

Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998)

Reighstag Building, Berlin, Germany (1999)

The Millennium Bridge, London, England (2000)

British Museum Great Court, London, England (2001)

London City Hall, London, England (2002)

30 St. Mary Axe AKA Swiss Re Building, London, England (2004)

Millau Viaduct, France (2004)

DESIGN ELEMENTS -

ELEMENT MODERNISM• Strength of size• Curved lines• Open planned• Use of natural light• Wide range of building

materials• Attention to detail

Jameson House, Vancouver, Canada

DESIGN ELEMENTS -

SOCIAL FOCUS• Flexible space• Aims to create

localized communities– Transportation–Workplaces– Shops– Parks– Recreation

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center,Astana, Kazakhstan

DESIGN ELEMENTS -

SUSTAINABILITY• Green power: wind and

solar• Energy saving measures• Natural ventilation• Improved indoor air

quality• Renewal building

materials• Water conservation

McLaren Technology Centre,Surrey, England

“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which isessentially unknown..”

- Arch. Norman Foster

Prepared by: G.M. Tiempo