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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture , Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture.
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 ...
The firm was established by Norman Foster in 1967, [8] shortly after leaving his first studio, Team 4. [11] The firm was originally called Foster Associates before the name was changed to Foster & Partners in 1999. [12] In 2007, the private equity company 3i took a stake in the firm. The practice regained complete ownership in June 2014, when ...
The City Hall building was designed by Norman Foster and was constructed at a cost of £43 million [5] on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. It opened in July 2002, two years after the GLA was created, and was leased rather than owned by the GLA. [6] Despite its name, City Hall did not serve a city (according to UK ...
After plans to build the 92-storey Millennium Tower were dropped, 30 St Mary Axe was designed by Foster + Partners and the Arup Group. [12] It was built by Skanska; construction started in 2001. [3] The building has become a recognisable landmark of London, and it is one of the city's most widely recognised examples of contemporary architecture.
Architecture portal; EPM Intelligent Building – a Medellin building inspired by the Lloyd's building; Willis Building, opposite at 51 Lime Street, on the site of a former Lloyd's building; 30 St Mary Axe – Norman Foster's gherkin-shaped skyscraper nearby; 122 Leadenhall Street – a skyscraper opposite on the northern side of Leadenhall Street
The use of dark glass, a curtain wall and lack of right angle corners mirrors the art deco Express Building in Manchester, cited by Norman Foster as one of his favourite buildings and a design influence. [2] The central escalator well leads up to a rooftop staff restaurant surrounded by a rooftop garden (360 panorama).
Commerzbank Tower was designed by Foster & Partners, with Arup and Krebs & Kiefer (structural engineering), J. Roger Preston with P&A Petterson Ahrens (mechanical engineering), Schad & Hölzel (electrical engineering). Construction of the building began in 1994 and took three years to complete.