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Norman Foster


Born
in The United Kingdom
June 01, 1935


Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is a British 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 Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and maintains offices internationally. He is the president of the Norman Foster Foundation, created to 'promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future'. The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. Foster was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1999. ...more

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Foster + Partners: Catalogue
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The Reichstag
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Norman Foster Sketch Book
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Norman Foster: Reflections
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“Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.”
― Norman Foster
tags: architecture, dreamers, inspiration, life
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“As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown”
― Norman Foster
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“As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.”
― Norman Foster
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