Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, RA, HonFREng (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. His architectural practice Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and maintains offices internationally. He is the president of the Norman Foster Foundation, created to 'promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future'. The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid[2] and operates globally. Foster was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1999.
The Lord Foster of Thames Bank | |
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Born | Norman Robert Foster (1935-06-01) 1 June 1935 (age 89) |
Alma mater | University of Manchester Yale University |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouses | Begum Sabiha Rumani Malik
(m. 1991; div. 1995) |
Children | 5 |
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Practice | Foster + Partners |
Buildings | |
Projects | American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford |
Website | www |