Construction on Avenida Cordoba 120 has begun. The 35-storey office tower located at a key junction between the traditional city centre and the main entrance to Puerto Madero, will be a sustainable addition to the central district of the city:
Foster + Partners has won an international competition to design a new terminal for Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia’s Aseer Region. ✈️
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Click the link below to view the proposals for Chicago's O'Hare Global Terminal and vote for your favourite scheme. Voting ends on 23 January.
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"Our aim was to create a small space diffused with dappled shade and removed from the normality of passers-by, focussed instead on the water and sky beyond – a sanctuary”. Norman Foster
“We're delighted to be working on this amazing project on the Yokohama Waterfront. We have created a sustainable urban vision for an integrated resort that will bring new life to the industrial area and become a new symbol for the city.” Luke Fox, Head of Studio
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Apple Piazza Liberty is an ensemble of two fundamental elements, a stepped plaza and a fountain. Located just off the buzzing Corso Vittorio Emanuele, visitors are drawn towards the piazza by the sight of the dramatic new fountain:
Foster + Partners completes Alibaba’s new Shanghai offices, reflecting the company’s ethos by reimagining the traditional office. The design emphasises public space, transparency, connection to nature and diverse collaborative workspaces.
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Designs for China Merchants Bank’s new global headquarters have been revealed. The 350-metre office tower will bring together 13,000 employees. This is the first building to be approved in Shenzhen’s new prestigious Super Headquarters District:
Apple Central World in Bangkok welcomed its first visitors. Located in one of the city’s iconic urban centers, the new store establishes a quiet sculptural presence at the heart of the bustling Central World Square and forms a new social focus. Read more:
Foster + Partners welcomes everyone for Open House 2018. We're opening our studio to the public on 22-23 September. Across several buildings in the campus, there will be a display of recent projects, interactive exhibitions and much more...
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”Beverly Hills used to be a green oasis. This is our inspiration to create an organic architecture that merges with landscape, creating a shared resource for the City.” – Norman Foster
Read more about our newest project at
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,
@EpsteinGlobal
and
@JGMA_architects
design for Chicago’s O’Hare Global Terminal is based upon a sequence of memorable and distinctive spaces that create a gateway to Chicago with architecture that is open, transparent, inclusive, welcoming and functional.
Norman Foster
@FosterPartners
: "I am deeply saddened by the news of Charles Jencks’ passing. A doyen of architectural criticism, his all-encompassing contributions as a theorist, historian and designer reflected his love for architecture and the built environment."
SUPERSTRUCTURES: THE NEW ARCHITECTURE 1960-1990
@SainsburyCentre
is now open. The exhibition tells the story of architecture's fascination in the post-WWII decades with new technology, lightweight structures, pioneering building techniques and innovative engineering solutions..
"I am so deeply saddened by the loss of my oldest and closest friend, Richard Rogers. Over the time since we met, almost exactly 60 years ago as students at Yale University, Richard has been a kindred spirit."
Read Norman Foster's tribute to Richard Rogers
Stefan Behling
@FosterPartners
: “Public libraries like this one have been the heart and soul of communities for decades, and we are proud to be able to carry forward that same spirit of learning and creativity into Apple Carnegie Library."
“The dome appears ephemeral. The effect is very calming, and the changing intensity and colour of the light is mesmerising. It is not only a celebration of Apple’s incredible products, but a celebration of light.” read more:
The four stations are conceived as gateways to each city and inspired by the ancient architectural traditions of the region, providing a shaded retreat from the sun while creating a new infrastructural spine for sustainable transport in Saudi Arabia.
How about drawing the future architect and the most fantastical skyscraper ever designed! This is so much fun and the whole family can play. Download the templates and send us a photo of your creations!
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#learningforchildren
In collaboration with
@Skyports_Infra
,
@FosterPartners
has developed a concept design for a vertiport terminal, located in Dubai. The concept has been endorsed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the World Government Summit 2023.
In Norman Foster’s May ‘Postscript’ for Domus, he explores infrastructure and cities, and the challenges we face from a rapidly urbanising world. Foster + Partners’ integrated approach to urban design anticipates these transformations shaping our cities.
“Apple Sanlitun is all about being open and inviting – visually, physically and metaphorically. The store is a grand place that connects the inside and the outside.” - Stefan Behling, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners. Read more:
Stefan Behling
@FosterPartners
: 'The Skylenses literally bring the skies underground and the innovative tunable light ceiling allows us to match the exact wavelengths of sunlight at different times of day, blurring the boundary between inside and outside.'
Foster + Partners and
@ArupAmericas
collaborate on California High-Speed Rail’s first four stations - marking a major milestone for sustainable, decarbonized transportation for all Californians.
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Foster + Partners is set to be appointed by Manchester United to develop a masterplan for the Old Trafford Stadium District, covering the Club-owned land that surrounds the existing stadium. ⚽
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Apple Champs-Élysées opens Sunday 18 November. It captures the essence of the bustling metropolis of Paris, creating an interior courtyard within a quintessential Parisian apartment, carefully interweaving several historic layers with contemporary spaces:
Construction on a new office building for Acciona, the Spanish sustainable infrastructure and energy company, is in full swing. The original industrial building, built in 1905, will become a sustainable exemplar for building reuse. Read more here
In Norman Foster’s latest issue of Domus – ‘The Future of Health’ – he talks with Dr David Agus of the Ellison Institute of Technology. They discuss Foster + Partners’ work for the Institute and exciting new developments in health and architecture. 🔗
The print room
@FosterPartners
has been producing thousands of cutting patterns for
@OfficialFTLOS
, who are supplying the NHS with much needed supplies.
Located on the bustling Bagdat Caddesi in Istanbul, Foster + Partners recently completed ‘Apple Bagdat Caddesi’ is in the heart of the city at one of the most iconic and lively shopping destinations in Istanbul.
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Would you like to learn how to draw like architects? We reveal the (not so) secret techniques that we use to make perspective drawings of our green friends. Download the templates here and send us a photo of your creations!
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Foster + Partners completes the biggest renovation of Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco. The project gives a new lease of life to one of the city’s most recognizable landmark tower.
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Apple Aventura embodies Miami’s spirit of openness and generosity, bringing people together under an undulating vaulted roof that is reminiscent of the city’s nautical and architectural roots:
Join us for
@openhouselondon
2018, when will be opening our studio to the public on 22-23 September. Across several buildings in the campus, there will be a display of recent projects, interactive exhibitions and much more...
#OHL2018
Foster + Partners’ Mobility Pavilion 2020 Dubai Expo will appear tonight on Sky Arts - The Art of Architecture at 7pm (GMT) during episode 10 ‘Expo Architecture’.
The central feature stair is supported through post-tensioned cables running through the stone with no other visible supports. Preserving the purity of the staircase and offering a feeling of lightness, the balustrades are made from thin glass tubes with a timber handrail.
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completes Apple’s latest store - at the heart of
@BatterseaPwrStn
's Turbine Hall - now open to the public.
It is the first
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store in Europe to integrate a new modular design approach.
To find out more about Apple Battersea visit:
If you can make a skyscraper... then why not make a whole city? Download the templates here and send us a photo of your creations!
#architecturefromhome
Darron Haylock
@FosterPartners
: “ICÔNE is designed to have open, flexible workspaces that respond to the emerging models of work today. The atrium is a green light-filled space that is the social heart of the project, providing visual connectivity.”
The Lana and The Lana Residences, Dorchester Collection, a new luxury hotel and residential property commissioned by leading luxury real estate developer OMNIYAT, has opened🌴
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The largest exhibition of Norman Foster's work, spanning six decades, has opened at the Centre Pompidou in Paris!
📅 10 May – 7 Aug 2023.
📍 Centre Pompidou in Paris
🎟️ Tickets:
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Hankook Technoplex embraces several themes that are symbolic of Hankook’s desire to create a dynamic office environment that supports flexible working styles, as the company looks towards the future. Read more:
Foster + Partners has completed ICÔNE, a new office complex in Belval, Luxembourg. The 18,800 square-metre office building, filled with light and greenery, encourages a spirit of co-creation and collaboration.
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To mark its 100th anniversary, Norman Foster will be the international Guest Editor for the ten issues of
@Domusweb
magazine in 2024.
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Nestled within an olive grove, the new Visitor Center provides an exclusive public gateway to Apple Park. It features an expansive roof terrace with stunning views of the main building, and a large scaled model that offers a unique glimpse into Apple Park:
Entitled Exploration Pavilion, the project explores the mouth-watering possibilities of building with an unusual material – gingerbread.
The
@MoA_News
Gingerbread City opens at the
@V_and_A
South Kensington tomorrow:
Marking the practice’s first project in Chile, a new masterplan for La Fabrica has been revealed. It involves the regeneration of an existing mid-twentieth century factory building to create an integrated mixed-use urban quarter in the heart of Santiago.
Unveiling a radical new plan for Hammersmith Bridge in London – a temporary double-decker crossing within the existing structure to ease traffic congestion and enable remedial works to the 133-year-old bridge.
Designs for a new office development in Belval, Luxembourg have been revealed. The building responds to the rich industrial heritage of Belval, revitalising the area by making a positive contribution to the site and its surroundings.