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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  The Bow by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners has completed a 58-storey bowed tower in Calgary, Canada (+ slideshow). More

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  Foster + Partners reveals plans for two London skyscrapers

  News: British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for two residential skyscrapers as part of a mixed-use development in north London. More

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  Lenbachhaus museum by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners has completed a new gallery wing clad with golden pipes at the Lenbachhaus art museum in Munich (+ slideshow). More

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  Teso table by Foster + Partners for Molteni&C

  Milan 2013: Foster + Partners has designed a coffee table made by stretching a perforated disk of steel upwards to form a metal-mesh base. More

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  Norman Foster only architect on Britain's rich list

  News: Norman Foster is the only architect to appear on this year's list of Britain's 2000 wealthiest people, published by The Sunday Times. More

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  Foster's Apple campus nearly $2 billion over budget

  News: the estimated cost of Apple's Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, California, has reportedly spiralled from $3 billion to nearly $5 billion over the last two years. More

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  Queen Alia International Airport by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners drew inspiration from Bedouin tents to create a canopy of domes over a new airport terminal that opened yesterday in Amman, Jordan (+ slideshow). More

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  Three Foster + Partners towers approved for London's Albert Embankment

  News: three residential towers designed by Foster + Partners for a riverside development in central London have been given the go-ahead by Lambeth Council. More

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  Vieux Port pavilion by Foster + Partners

  A polished steel canopy reflects visitors walking underneath at this events pavilion in Marseille's harbour by UK firm Foster + Partners (+ slideshow). More

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  Foster + Partners to 3D print buildings on the moon

  News: Foster + Partners is exploring the possibilities of 3D printing buildings on the moon using lunar soil. More

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  Foster + Partners unveils plans for New York Public Library

  News: UK firm Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to overhaul New York Public Library's flagship branch on Fifth Avenue by inserting a contemporary lending library into unused reading rooms and stacks at the back of the building. More

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  Norman Foster pays tribute to "hero" Oscar Niemeyer

  News: architect Norman Foster has paid tribute to Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who passed away yesterday aged 104. More

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  Foster + Partners present vision for Grand Central Terminal

  News: architecture firm Foster + Partners has unveiled proposals to increase the capacity of New York's Grand Central Terminal by widening approach routes and pedestrianising streets (+ slideshow). More

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  Foster + Partners to build Park Avenue skyscraper for Lehman Brothers

  News: Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a 200-metre skyscraper for collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings and partner L&L Holding Company on Park Avenue in New York. More

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  Gateway by Norman Foster at Venice Architeture Biennale 2012

  Architect Norman Foster (above) has designed the entrance to the Corderie Arsenale exhibition at the Venice Architecture Biennale, where the names of generations of architects, critics, designers, landscape architects and planners are projected over the floor, columns and visitors. More

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  Explorative Canopy Trail by Yvonne Weng wins Foster + Partners Prize 2012

  Architectural Association student Yvonne Weng has won the 2012 Foster + Partners Prize with designs that would allow scientists to live in the treetops of the Amazon rainforest. More

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  Foster + Partners shortlisted to design Hong Kong arts venue

  Foster + Partners has been shortlisted to design the Xiqu Chinese Opera Centre, the first in a series of new arts and cultural venues for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong. More

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  Foster + Partners exhibition to open in Shanghai

  
  Dezeen Wire: a major exhibition of work by architects Foster + Partners will open in China later this month at the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute. More

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  Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners

  Construction has started on an art museum with four overlapping peaks that Foster + Partners have designed for Datong, China. More

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  Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners

  Slidehow: architects Foster + Partners have been granted permission to build two 320-metre-high towers beside the Seine, just outside Paris. More