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Foster + Partners' design for Stansted Airport is widely regarded as a transformative influence on airport architecture. [19] The building features open canopies that visually connect the landside and airside, [ 15 ] and challenged conventional airport layouts by relocating essential services underground, instead creating an open and flexible ...
The firm was established by Norman Foster in 1967, [8] shortly after leaving his first studio, Team 4. [10] The firm was originally called Foster Associates before the name was changed to Foster & Partners in 1999. [11] In 2007, the private equity company 3i took a stake in the firm. The practice regained complete ownership in June 2014, when ...
Buildings and structures designed by British architect Norman Foster and the office Foster + Partners. Foster opened the office of Foster Associates in 1967, later renamed to Foster and Partners in the 1990s. He now holds the title: The Rt Hon. The Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM RA (1997), Architect and Pritzker Laureate.
On graduation, he joined Foster + Partners, working on Stansted Airport Terminal Building, which was completed in 1991. He was made an associate that year, and was the project architect in charge of two competition-winning schemes for the Cambridge Law Faculty Building and Frejus School in France.
The Tecno Nomos Desk, manufactured by Tecno S.p.A., designed by Sir Norman Foster. Foster's other design work has included the Nomos table and desk for Italian manufacturer Tecno, [23] chairs and other furniture for American manufacturer Emeco, the wind turbine housings for Enercon, and the motor yacht Izanami (later Ronin) for Lürssen Yachts ...
In 1981, Foster received a commission for the construction of a new terminal building at London's Stansted Airport. Executed by Foster + Partners, the building, recognised as a landmark work of high-tech architecture, was opened to the public in 1991, and was awarded the 1990 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der ...
Foster the People has been nominated for Grammys twice, once in 2012 for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Alternative Music Album and then in 2013 for Best Short Form Music Video for ...
Horden worked at Foster and Partners from 1975 with the architect Sir Norman Foster for 10 years, where he worked on the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and Stansted Airport projects. He started his own firm Richard Horden Associates in 1985. Horden was Professor in Architecture and Product Design at Technische Universität München. Fusing ...