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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  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

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  Jameson House by Foster + Partners

  Architects Foster + Partners have attached a 35-storey tower onto the side of two renovated 1920s buildings in Vancouver’s financial district. More

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  Ourense AVE Station by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have won a competition to design a high-speed rail station for the city of Ourense in northwest Spain. More

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  Substandard materials blamed for wind damage to Foster's Beijing airport

  
  Dezeen Wire: an architect from one of the firms that collaborated with Foster + Partners on the design of the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal in China says that recent damage caused by wind had nothing to do with the quality of the design – The Washington Post

  Shao Weiping of the Beijing Architectural Design and Research Institute said he was "very confident that the design was perfect and involved no mistakes or flaws.” China state media say passengers reported seeing roofing material from Terminal 3 blowing across the runway and through the three-year-old terminal building. It is the second time in a year that wind has reportedly affected the structure.

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  McLaren Production Centre by Foster + Partners

  Architects Foster + Partners have completed a production centre for British sports car brand McLaren. More

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  Critics' reactions to the Thames Hub by Foster + Partners

  
  Dezeen Wire: architecture critics are having their say on plans unveiled yesterday by Foster + Partners and engineers Halcrow for a new transportation hub in the Thames estuary (see our story on Dezeen). More

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  Thames Hub proposal by Foster + Partners features barrage to generate tidal power

  Architects Foster + Partners and engineers Halcrow have unveiled proposals for an airport and transport hub on the Thames estuary, 55 kilometres from central London. More

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  Outrage at gardens for Aberdeen by Snøhetta, Foster + Partners and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

  
  Dezeen Wire: architects including Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta have submitted plans to a controversial competition that proposes the transformation of a Victorian public gardens in Aberdeen, Scotland.

  Models of the six shortlisted entries were unveiled at a public exhibition yesterday but Andrew MacGregor, secretary of the protest group Friends of Union Terrace Gardens, condemned the designs as an “absolute abomination” and said there would be rolling public protests by supporters who want to keep the gardens as they are - The Scotsman

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  Spaceport America by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have completed the world’s first space terminal for tourists in New Mexico. More

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  Kuwait International Airport by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for an new international airport in Kuwait. More

• Apple Campus 2 by Foster + Partners

  Here are some new images of the Apple campus by architects Foster + Partners, to be built in Cupertino, California. More

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  2011 Foster + Partners prize awarded to AA School student for Haiti proposals

  
  Dezeen Wire: AA student Aditya Aachi has been awarded the 2011 Foster + Partners Prize for a sanitation infrastructure concept in Haiti, which was severely damaged by an earthquake in 2010. More

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  "Inside Masdar City: A Modern Mirage" - The Guardian

  Architecture critic Jonathan Glancey writes about his visit to Masdar, the zero-carbon city by Foster + Partners under construction in Abu Dhabi. The Guardian

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  The Souk, Abu Dhabi Central Market by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have completed a new shopping centre that combines high-end boutiques with independent local food and craft markets on the site of a historic city marketplace in Abu Dhabi. More

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  BMCE headquarters by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have completed two modular headquarters for Moroccan bank BMCE in Rabat and Casablanca, Morocco. More

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  Foster + Partners win bid for West Kowloon Cultural District

  Architects Foster + Partners' City Park proposal has been selected as the preferred option for the  masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, beating designs by OMA and Rocco Design Architects. More

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  Norman Foster to design new Apple campus

  Dezeenwire: architect Norman Foster is working on designs for Apple's new campus in Cupertino, California - El Economista (in Spanish) via Gizmodo

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  Zayed National Museum by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have unveiled designs for a museum on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi. More

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  Masdar Institute campus by Foster + Partners

  Foster + Partners have completed the first of a cluster of buildings entirely powered by solar energy at Masdar City, a sustainable urban quarter in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. More

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  Faustino Winery by Foster + Partners

  Architects Foster + Partners have completed a winery clad in Corten steel shingles in the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. More