Foster + Partners
| Foster + Partners Group Limited
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| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1967 |
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London , UK
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| Branch | architecture office |
| Website | www.fosterandpartners.com |
Foster + Partners is one of the most famous architecture firms in the world. The company was founded by Norman Foster . Among the most famous orders were the redesign of the Berlin Reichstag , the headquarters of Swiss Re in London ( 30 St Mary Ax ), the construction of the Millau Viaduct in southern France, Apple Park in California and the redesign of the London Wembley Stadium .
history
After leaving Team 4 in 1967, Norman Foster founded Foster Associates , and in the 1990s the company was renamed 'Foster + Partners' to take account of the increasing influence of the other architects in the partnership.
profile
The founder Norman Foster is now Senior Executive Partner, and Spencer de Gray is in charge of the office as Chairman. A total of ten “Senior Executive Partners”, nineteen “Senior Partners”, one hundred and nineteen “Partners” and other “Associate Partners” and “Associates” work at Foster + Partners.
In addition to the classic services of an architecture office, Foster + Partners also offers the design of details and accessories , i.e. activities that product designers normally undertake.
Headquartered in London - in the Riverside Studio on the Thames. Own offices are set up where larger projects are managed.
The company employs around 1,500 people worldwide, almost 1,250 of them in London.
The office hit the headlines in early 2009 when the entire Berlin branch was closed without prior notice and around 75 architects were laid off. Only three employees were transferred to the London headquarters.
chosen projects
Buildings
Completed
- 1971–1975 Willis, Faber and Dumas administration building in Ipswich
- 1974–1978 Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia in Norwich
- 1979–1986 HSBC high-rise Hong Kong , the headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong Kong
- 1981–1983 Renault sales center in Swindon
- 1981–1986 Ball Sports Hall Frankfurt am Main in Frankfurt-Unterliederbach
- 1987–1992 Terminal at Stansted Airport near London
- 1989–1991 Sackler Galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts in London
- 1990–1992 Torre de Collserola , telecommunications tower in Barcelona
- 1990–1993 Library and Museum of Modern Art ( Carré d'Art ) in Nîmes
- 1992–1996 House of Economic Development , the Technology Center and the MicroElectronicCentrum , part of the ElecTronicPark in Duisburg
- 1992–1997 Red Dot Design Museum in the former boiler house of the Zeche Zollverein in Essen
- 1992–1998 Hong Kong International Airport
- 1993–1997 Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt am Main
- 1993–1998 Kongdeine mamaresszentrum , Valencia
- 1993–2004 Millau Viaduct in southern France
- 1994–1999 conversion of the Reichstag in Berlin (accessible glass dome)
- 1994–2000 Roofing of the Great Courtyard and conversion of the British Museum in London
- 1995–1997 Clyde Auditorium as part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center (SECC) in Glasgow
- 1995/2004 Metro in Bilbao , Line 1 (1995), Line 2 (2004)
- 1997–2005 renovation of the “Rostlaube” and new building of the Philological Library of the Free University of Berlin
- 1998–2001 ARAG Tower : Arag headquarters in Düsseldorf
- 1999–2001 Gerling Ring-Karree in Cologne , Friesenplatz
- 1999–2002 Millennium Bridge and Canary Wharf Underground Station in London
- 2000–2002 City Hall, London
- 2000–2004 Chesa Futura apartment house in St. Moritz
- 2000–2006 Hearst Tower in Manhattan, 8th Avenue, new building on a gutted six-story publishing house from 1928 (Joseph Urban)
- 2001–2004 Swiss Re headquarters in London - awarded the Stirling Prize
- 2002–2006 roof of Dresden Central Station
- 2002–2006 Wembley Stadium in London
- 2002–2008 Elephant House in Copenhagen Zoo
- 2003–2005 Deutsche Bank Place in Sydney
- 2004-2006 Pyramid of Peace and Unity in Nur-Sultan (Astana until 2019)
- 2004–2007 Willis Building in London
- 2004–2008 Grand Hotel Dolder in Zurich
- 2004–2008 T3 at Beijing Airport
- 2006–2010 Khan Shatyr in Nur-Sultan (until 2019 Astana)
- 2006–2010 The Index in Dubai
- 2006–2013 The SSE Hydro , Finnieston, Glasgow , Scotland
- 2007–2011 Trust Tower in Abu Dhabi
- 2007–2012 The Bow, Calgary (Canada)
- 2009–2013 Expansion of the municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus in Munich
- 2013–2017 Apple Park - Apple Inc. , Cupertino , USA
- 2008–2014 The Domain , Abu Dhabi
- 2014–2019 Beijing Daxing Airport in Beijing
Under construction
- "CO2-neutral science city" Masdar , Abu Dhabi (under construction, 2008–2016)
- VietinBank Business Center , Hanoi , Vietnam (under construction, 2011–2014)
Planned
- New terminal at London Heathrow Airport (project name Terminal East , phase 1 opening planned for 2012)
- New terminal at Frankfurt / Main Airport
- Renovation of the Camp Nou, the stadium of FC Barcelona
Projects
- 2007 Master plan for downtown Duisburg
- 2015 Cardiff Central Square in Cardiff
- Two World Trade Center (after 2015, new building at Ground Zero New York in New York City ), awarded to other architects
design
- Office furniture, system desk “Nomos” for the Italian manufacturer Tecno 1987
- Universal chair "RF1" - developed for and with the manufacturer R. Randers, Denmark
literature
- Norman Foster: Works 1 . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2003. ISBN 3-7913-2534-5
- Norman Foster: Works 2 . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-7913-3017-9
- Norman Foster: Works 3 . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2006. ISBN 3-7913-3257-0
- Norman Foster: Works 4 . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2003. ISBN 3-7913-2852-2
- Norman Foster: Reflections . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-7913-3425-5
- Norman Foster: Catalog . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2005. ISBN 3-7913-3298-8
- Norman Foster: Catalog Foster + Partners . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-7913-3973-3
- David Jenkins: On Foster - Foster On . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2000. ISBN 3-7913-2405-5
Web links
- Official website
- Foster + Partners. In: arch INFORM .
- Universal chair “RF1” at R. Randers A / S