Foster and Partners
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| Founded | 1967 |
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London City Hall Great Court |
| Awards | 2004 Stirling Prize |
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Foster + Partners is a British international studio for architecture and integrated design, with headquarters in London. The practice is led by its founder and Chairman, Norman Foster, and has constructed many high-profile glass-and-steel buildings.
Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after leaving Team 4, the firm was renamed in the 1990s to more accurately reflect the influence of the other lead architects.
In 2007 the private equity company 3i took a stake in the practice. This was bought back by the practice in June 2014 to become wholly owned by the 140 partners.
Major projects, by year of completion and ordered by type, are:
The British Library of Political and Economic Science
The futuristic interior roof of Hong Kong International Airport
The Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters in Ipswich was one of Foster's earliest commissions after founding Foster Associates.
The tessellated glass roof of the British Museum's Great Court redevelopment has a complex curved form, approximating the top half of a doughnut anchored by the circular Reading Room at the centre of the court.
The new Wembley Stadium in London: perhaps one of the most controversial projects that Foster + Partners have been involved in.
30 St Mary Axe, one of London's most popular new buildings, towers above its neighbours.
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