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Project List

Bridges

• Millau Viaduct
  Millau Viaduct
  
  The Millau Viaduct is a large cable-stayed bridge viaduct that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, it is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one mast's summit at ? slightly taller...
  , the highest road bridge in the world (2004)
• Millennium Bridge
  Millennium Bridge (London)
  
  The London Millennium Footbridge is a pedestrian-only steel suspension bridge crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London....
   in London (1999/2002)

Government

• Reichstag building redevelopment in Berlin (1999)
• London City Hall
  City Hall (London)
  
  City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, stands on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge....
   (2002)
• New Supreme Court Building, Singapore
  Singapore
  
  Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
   (2005)
• Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
  Palace of Peace and Reconciliation
  
  The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a 77 m high building in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. The structure was builtby Sembol Construction at a cost of 8.74 billion Kazakh tenge and opened in late 2006....
   in Astana
  Astana
  
  Astana , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 600,200. It is located in the north-central portion of Kazakhstan, within Akmola Province, though politically separate from the rest of the province....
  , Kazakhstan
  Kazakhstan
  
  Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a large Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the List of countries by area as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km? ....
   — (September 2006)

Cultural

• Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  
  The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts is an art gallery and museum located on the campus of the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk in the United Kingdom....
   at University of East Anglia
  University of East Anglia
  
  The University of East Anglia is a public university research university located in Norwich, England, and founded in 1963. The university is a member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities....
   in Norwich
  Norwich
  
  Norwich , is a city status in the United Kingdom in Norfolk, East Anglia which is in Eastern England. It is the regional administrative centre and county city of Norfolk....
  , UK (1978)
• Clyde Auditorium
  Clyde Auditorium
  
  The Clyde Auditorium, familiarly known as "The Armadillo", is a concert and public event venue in Glasgow, Scotland. The building sits on the site of the Queen's Dock of the River Clyde, adjacent to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre....
  , part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
  Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
  
  The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , located at Stobcross Quay on the north bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, is Scotland national venue for public events....
   complex, Glasgow
  Glasgow
  
  Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
   (1997)
• American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford
  Imperial War Museum Duxford
  
  The Imperial War Museum Duxford is a museum in Cambridgeshire, England, and commonly referred to simply as 'Duxford' . It is a branch of the Imperial War Museum and houses its large exhibits, including the aircraft and military and naval vehicles collection....
  , UK (1997) — Stirling Prize
  Stirling Prize
  
  The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a United Kingdom prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling , organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects ....
  
• Kogod Courtyard, Center for American Art and Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery
  National Portrait Gallery (United States)
  
  The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in Washington, D.C., administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous individual Americans....
  , Washington, DC (2004-2007)
• Redevelopment of the Great Court
  Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
  
  The central Quadrangle of the British Museum in London was redeveloped to a design by Foster and Partners to become the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, during the late 1990s....
   of the British Museum
  British Museum
  
  The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million Object , are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present....
   (2000)

Higher Learning

• Faculty of Law, Cambridge
  Faculty of Law, Cambridge
  
  The Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge is one of the faculties at the Sidgwick Site. The building opened in 1996 and was designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, who also designed the terminal building at Stansted Airport....
   (1995)
• Universiti Teknologi Petronas
  Universiti Teknologi Petronas
  
  Universiti Teknologi Petronas was established on 10 January 1997 when Petronas was invited by the Government of Malaysia to set up a university....
  , Tronoh, Perak
  Perak
  
  Perak is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor southward and to the west by the Strait of Malacca....
  , Malaysia
  Malaysia
  
  Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
   (2004)
• Tanaka Business School
  Tanaka Business School
  
  Imperial College Business School is located on Imperial College's South Kensington campus in West London. Its building was designed by Foster and Partners and Buro Happold....
  
• Yale School of Management
  Yale School of Management
  
  The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, Connecticut, United States....
  , new campus, New Haven, CT (projected 2011)

Sport

• Wembley Stadium
  Wembley Stadium
  
  The original Wembley Stadium was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007....
   reconstruction (2007)

Transportation

• Terminal building at Stansted Airport
  London Stansted Airport
  
  London Stansted Airport is a passenger airport located in the Uttlesford District of the England county of Essex, north-east of central London....
  , UK (1991)
• Metro Bilbao
  Metro Bilbao
  
  Metro Bilbao is a rapid transit system serving the city of Bilbao and its metropolitan area . It has a Narrow gauge railway....
  , Spain (1995) — Line 2 (2004)
• Hong Kong International Airport
  Hong Kong International Airport
  
  Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , because it was built on the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong#Islands of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport ....
  , Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
  
  Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
   (1998)
• Canary Wharf Underground Station
  Canary Wharf tube station
  
  Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water tube station and North Greenwich tube station....
  , London, UK (1999)
• Beijing Capital International Airport
  Beijing Capital International Airport
  
  Beijing Capital International Airport, is the main international airport of Beijing, China. It is located 32 km northeast of Beijing's city center in an enclave of Chaoyang District, Beijing that is surrounded by rural Shunyi District....
   (2008)
• London Heathrow Airport
  London Heathrow Airport
  
  London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the largest and Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic airport in the United Kingdom....
   East Terminal - projected 2012
• Spaceport America
  Spaceport America
  
  Spaceport America is a commercial spaceport currently being developed on of state-owned desert near Upham, New Mexico, an uninhabited place in Sierra County, New Mexico....
  , New Mexico
  New Mexico
  
  New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
   - (projected 2010)

Office

• HSBC Tower (1986)
• Collserola Tower, Barcelona
  Barcelona
  
  Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
   (Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  ) (1992).
• Commerzbank Tower
  Commerzbank Tower
  
  Commerzbank Tower is a skyscraper located in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany. After it was completed in 1997 it ranked as the List of tallest buildings in Europe until 2005 when it was surpassed by the Triumph-Palace in Moscow....
   in Frankfurt
  Frankfurt
  
  is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
  , Germany (1997)
• Arag-Tower
  Arag-Tower
  
  The Arag-Tower or ARAG-Tower is a skyscraper office tower, which houses the headquarters of the European insurance group Arag. It is located in the northern district of D?sseldorf, D?sseldorf-M?rsenbroich....
  , Duesseldorf, Germany (2001)
• 30 St Mary Axe
  30 St Mary Axe
  
  30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004....
  , London — Swiss Re
  Swiss Re
  
  Swiss Re is the world?s second largest reinsurance, after having acquired GE Insurance Solutions . Founded in 1863, Swiss Re operates through offices in more than 25 countries....
   headquarters (2004) — Stirling Prize
  Stirling Prize
  
  The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a United Kingdom prize for excellence in architecture. It is named after the architect James Stirling , organised and awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects ....
  
• McLaren Technology Centre
  McLaren Technology Centre
  
  The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group, located on a 500,000 m? site in Woking, United Kingdom. It is a large, roughly semi-circular, glass-walled building, designed by the architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank and his company, Foster and Partners....
  , base for the McLaren
  McLaren
  
  McLaren is a Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, UK. Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed in the Indianapolis 500 and CanAm....
   Formula One team and McLaren Group (2004)
• Hearst Tower
  Hearst Tower (New York City)
  
  'Hearst Tower' in New York, New York, New York is located at 300 West 57th Street , 959 Eighth Avenue , near Columbus Circle. It is the world headquarters of the Hearst Corporation, bringing together for the first time their numerous publications and communications companies under one roof, including among others Cosmopolitan , Esquire '...
  , New York City (June 2006)
• Russia Tower
  Russia Tower
  
  The Russia Tower is an unfinished supertall skyscraper, the construction of which is currently suspended, in the Moscow-City of Moscow, Russia....
   (estimated 2012, but currently suspended)

Mixed Use

• The Sage Gateshead, UK (2004)
• Moor House, 120 London Wall, London (2005)
• Jameson House in Vancouver
  Vancouver
  
  Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
   — (not yet on site)
• U2 Tower
  U2 Tower
  
  The U2 Tower is a proposed landmark skyscraper due to be constructed in Dublin. The site is in the South Dublin Docklands campshires, at the corner of Sir John Rogerson's Quay and Britain Quay, by the confluence of the River Liffey, the River Dodder, and the Grand Canal ....
  , Ireland
  Republic of Ireland
  
  Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
   (2008-2011)
• Camp Nou
  Camp Nou
  
  The Camp Nou is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA Stadia List, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999 UEFA Champions League Final....
   (Barcelona
  Barcelona
  
  Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
  ), reconstruction - (projected 2010)
• The Bow, Calgary
  Calgary
  
  Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and High Plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies....
   - (projected 2010)
• 200 Greenwich Street
  200 Greenwich Street
  
  200 Greenwich Street is the address for a new office building to be erected as part of the World Trade Center reconstruction in New York City. The building has also been referred to as World Trade Center Tower 2 and will be on the east side of Greenwich Street, across the street from the original location of the twin towers that were de...
  , New York
  New York City
  
  The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
   - (projected 2011)
• Croydon Tower
  Croydon Gateway
  
  Ruskin Square is the name given to a project to redevelop a block of land between East Croydon railway station and the existing town centre of Croydon in South London....
  , Croydon
  Croydon
  
  Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. It is south of Charing Cross, and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan....
  , London — (projected 2012)
• Masdar City
  Masdar City
  
  Masdar is a new town in Abu Dhabi , in the United Arab Emirates. It is an initiative by the Government of Abu Dhabi through Mubadala Development Company....
   (projected 2010s)
• Crystal Island
  Crystal Island
  
  Crystal Island is a proposed building project in Moscow, Russia that is currently planned to have around 2,500,000 square metres of floor space and a height of 450 metres designed by Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank....
   (completion date not set yet)
• The Blue City, Sultanate of Oman (ongoing)

Awards

• RIBA Stirling Prize
• 1998 Imperial War Museum Duxford
  Imperial War Museum Duxford
  
  The Imperial War Museum Duxford is a museum in Cambridgeshire, England, and commonly referred to simply as 'Duxford' . It is a branch of the Imperial War Museum and houses its large exhibits, including the aircraft and military and naval vehicles collection....
  , Duxford
• 2004 Swiss Re Building, 30 St Mary Axe
  30 St Mary Axe
  
  30 St Mary Axe, also known as the Gherkin and formerly the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in London main financial district, the City of London, completed in December 2003 and opened on 28 April 2004....
  , The Gherkin

See also

• Norman Foster
  Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
  
  Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Order of Merit, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Society of Designers, Royal Designers for Industry, is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice....
  
• Ken Shuttleworth
  Ken Shuttleworth
  
  Ken Shuttleworth is an England architect.Shuttleworth studied architecture at the City of Leicester Polytechnic School of Architecture , where his fluid technical drawingship earned him the nickname "Ken the Pen"....
   and MAKE
  Make
  
  In software development, make is a utility software for Build Automationing executable programs and libraries from source code. Files called makefiles specify how to derive the target program from each of its dependencies....
  
• Richard Rogers
  Richard Rogers
  
  Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, Order of the Companions of Honour, Royal Institute of British Architects, Chartered Society of Designers, is a British architect noted for his modernist and Functionalism designs....
  
• Christopher Breed
• List of architecture firms
  List of architecture firms
  
  The following is a list of notable architectural firms, past and present.For individual architects, see List of architects.*360 Architecture, United States...
  
• List of architects
  List of architects
  
  The following is a list of famous architects - well known individuals with a large body of published work.See also: List of architecture firms....
  

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