Foster + Partners

Stories about Foster + Partners, an architecture studio headquartered in London and with offices worldwide.

Foster + Partners works across architecture, engineering and industrial design, although it is particularly known for glass-and-steel buildings. Landmark projects include the 1986 Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank headquarters in Hong Kong, the 2004 Millau Viaduct in France and the 2004 30 St Mary Axe in London, which is better known as the Gherkin.

More recently it designed The Tulip (pictured left), which was set to be the tallest building in London until plans were rejected, and many Apple stores around the world.

The firm claims to put sustainability at the heart of its work and recently pledged to make its buildings carbon-neutral by 2030.

The firm was founded in 1967 by Norman Foster, who remains the chairman.

For jobs at Foster + Partners, visit its company profile on Dezeen Jobs.

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  Foster + Partners to build hipster village in Dubai

  Foster + Partners has revealed its plans for a creative community in Dubai modelled on the fashionable neighbourhoods of New York's Meatpacking District and east London's Shoreditch. More

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  Foster + Partners presents rippled concrete Expo pavilion for the United Arab Emirates

  Milan Expo 2015: a pair of sinuous rippled concrete walls frame the entrance to UAE's Milan Expo pavilion, designed by Foster + Partners to suit the climate conditions in both Milan and Abu Dhabi. More

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  Foster's Crossrail Place roof garden opens at Canary Wharf

  Tropical roof gardens and a leisure complex designed by Foster + Partners to sit above a new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf in London has opened to the public. More

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  Bjarke Ingels could replace Foster + Partners on World Trade Center tower

  Danish firm BIG is reportedly in talks to redesign the final tower at the World Trade Center site, potentially ousting the original architects as part of the developer's tenancy negotiations. More

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  Foster + Partners pairs curving concrete with glass for new Buenos Aires city hall

  Foster + Partners has completed a new city hall for the Argentinian capital, featuring a wavy concrete roof, a quadruple-height atrium and a glazed facade offering views out to the park (+ slideshow). More

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  Foster + Partners to design all stations and trains for new Jeddah transport network

  Foster + Partners has been appointed to design an £8 billion transport system for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, that will encompass a network of new metro, ferry, bus, and cycle terminals. More

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  Foster + Partners to create Canada's tallest habitable building in Toronto

  British architecture firm Foster + Partners has revealed plans to build an 80-storey skyscraper that is set to become Canada's tallest habitable building. More

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  Foster + Partners completes Apple store in Hangzhou, China

  News: Foster + Partners has released photographs of its new Apple store in Hangzhou – one of five new shops that the company is opening in China ahead of Chinese New Year (+ slideshow). More

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  Marine science museum by Foster + Partners starts on site in Taiwan

  News: Foster + Partners has unveiled its design for a new National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in northern Taiwan, which has now begun construction. More

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  Drone movie shows progress on Apple Campus construction

  News: updated footage of construction work on the Foster + Partners-designed Apple Campus 2 in California has been published on YouTube by another amateur videographer using a drone-mounted GoPro video camera (+ movie). More

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  Foster's London towers to feature one bike parking space per bedroom

  News: a twin-towered residential development by Foster + Partners is set to become the most cycle-friendly high-rise in London, with one bike parking space per bedroom. More

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  Norman Foster narrates drone tour of New York's Hearst skyscraper

  News: a decade after the final beam was placed atop the Norman Foster-designed Hearst Tower in New York, the architect has returned to the building to mark its anniversary with a film captured using a drone (+ movie). More

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  Foster + Partners named world's most admired architect for ninth year in a row

  News: Foster + Partners has been given the title "most admired architect" for the ninth consecutive year, in a global survey of architecture firms. More

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  Landmark architecture helps turn Miami into the "capital of Latin America"

  Feature: international architects are leading Miami's transforming from a retirement resort into a major cultural destination, according to architects and developers working in the city (+ slideshow). More

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  Foster + Partners works on "world's first commercial concrete-printing robot"

  News: Foster + Partners has teamed up with building contractor Skanska to pioneer the use of 3D-printed concrete in the construction industry. More

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  Foster + Partners combines the cruising yacht with the day boat to create Alen 68 vessel

  News: architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed a 20-metre-long motor yacht with a white leather interior (+ slideshow). More

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  Amazon chooses building by Foster + Partners as home for 5,000 UK staff

  News: ecommerce giant Amazon has selected an office building by Foster + Partners for central London as its new UK home. More

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  Foster teams up with Fernando Romero on new Mexico City airport

  News: Norman Foster and Mexican architect Fernando Romero have won a competition to design one of the biggest airports on earth for Mexico City, which the British architect says will be "like nothing else in the world". More

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  Norman Foster slams "sadly predictable" London airport rejection

  News: Norman Foster has hit back at the London city officials that have ruled out his proposal to build a new airport on the Thames estuary, claiming that the decision lacked "courage". More

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  Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco's Transbay area

  News: these new images by Foster + Partners reveal a pair of skyscrapers proposed by the firm for San Francisco's rapidly developing Transbay area. More