Norman Foster
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Norman Foster (1935) studied urban planning and architecture at the University of Manchester. After obtaining his degree (1961), he received a scholarship to the prestigious Yale University in New Haven (Connecticut) and earned a Master’s degree.
Upon returning to England, he founded an architectural office called Team 4 with his wife Wendy and the married couple Sue and Richard Rogers. Several projects emerged, such as the Mews-Houses in London (1965) and the Reliance Controls Limited electrical plant in Wiltshire (1964–66). Here, Foster already attempted to point out future needs in design using modular building components and movable partitions. In 1967, he expanded the office by adding more partners. Foster Associates then built a marine terminal for the shipping company Fred Olsen in London's docks (1970–71) and the administrative building of the firm Willis Faber & Dumas in Ipswich (1974–75), whose facade consists of frameless glass panels. During the hall construction of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts in Norwich (1978), the load-bearing structure was placed along with a bracing system on a double-skinned outer shell. For the English manufacturing center of the Renault company, a structure of hollow columns with reinforced bent metal beams was developed in 1981, emphasized by a light yellow luminous coating. A masterpiece of precision and technique became the tall building of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong, completed in just five years (1981–86). Foster Associates had about 160 collaborators at the year of completion. By 2006, his office had grown to 600 employees.
The latest, and probably most significant, project of Foster Associates is the Millennium Tower designed for Osaka, Japan. This conical spire will soar to an impressive 850 m upon completion and become the sovereign tallest building in the world. Humanity thus stepped into the next millennium of its existence with a significant milestone in the field of architecture, of which the father is none other than Sir Norman Foster.
Upon returning to England, he founded an architectural office called Team 4 with his wife Wendy and the married couple Sue and Richard Rogers. Several projects emerged, such as the Mews-Houses in London (1965) and the Reliance Controls Limited electrical plant in Wiltshire (1964–66). Here, Foster already attempted to point out future needs in design using modular building components and movable partitions. In 1967, he expanded the office by adding more partners. Foster Associates then built a marine terminal for the shipping company Fred Olsen in London's docks (1970–71) and the administrative building of the firm Willis Faber & Dumas in Ipswich (1974–75), whose facade consists of frameless glass panels. During the hall construction of the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts in Norwich (1978), the load-bearing structure was placed along with a bracing system on a double-skinned outer shell. For the English manufacturing center of the Renault company, a structure of hollow columns with reinforced bent metal beams was developed in 1981, emphasized by a light yellow luminous coating. A masterpiece of precision and technique became the tall building of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong, completed in just five years (1981–86). Foster Associates had about 160 collaborators at the year of completion. By 2006, his office had grown to 600 employees.
The latest, and probably most significant, project of Foster Associates is the Millennium Tower designed for Osaka, Japan. This conical spire will soar to an impressive 850 m upon completion and become the sovereign tallest building in the world. Humanity thus stepped into the next millennium of its existence with a significant milestone in the field of architecture, of which the father is none other than Sir Norman Foster.
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