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Norman Foster
Technology and structure in the service of adaptable buildings.
Background & practice
Foster studied in Manchester and at Yale before establishing the London practice that became Foster + Partners in 1967. His career spans workplaces, transport infrastructure, cultural institutions and urban design. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999.
How to read the work
Projects such as the HSBC headquarters and the Reichstag connect structural organisation, environmental control and public access. Technical systems become part of the architectural idea.
Professional recognition
1999 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate.
Practice membership does not establish individual authorship of every Foster + Partners project.
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