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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Abu Dhabi architecture, Foster + Partners, Iconic architecture, Landscape architecture, Museum
The design of Foster + Partners for the Zayed National Museum have been officially unveiled today by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Conceived as a monument and memorial to the late [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Events/News, Foster + Partners, UK
The world-renowned architect Norman Foster will deliver his inaugural lecture as Visiting Professor in Architecture at 5 p.m. on Monday, 29 November, in the Examination Schools, Oxford University. I am grateful to Lord Weidenfeld and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue for the invitation to be the Humanitas Visiting Professor of Architecture. This is a timely [...]
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Category: Architecture, Industry Tags: Concrete, COR-TEN, ESD design, Foster + Partners, Landscape architecture, Nigel Young, Spain, Winery
Faustino Winery by world-renowned architect Foster + Partners recently opens in Spain. Bodegas Portia is our first winery, so we had no preconceptions about how it should work. It was an opportunity to start from first principles – to examine the different stages of wine production and to try to create the ideal conditions for [...]
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Category: Architecture, Mixed Use Tags: Architecture Award, Competition, Foster + Partners, Luxembourg, Shopping complex
Foster + Partners has won an international competition to design Luxembourg Royal Hamilius, a mixed-use development in the heart of Luxembourg City developed by Codic International. We are delighted with this excellent result and look forward to further developing the scheme. Our proposal is based on a sequence of rich public spaces, inside and outside, [...]
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Category: Architecture, Sport Tags: Foster + Partners, Iconic architecture, Stadium
Lusail Iconic Stadium for Qatar 2022 is revealed at ‘Leaders in Football’ conference in London. As the venue for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid, the Lusail Iconic Stadium will provide a world-class football facility for 86,250 spectators during the opening ceremony, group games and final. Reflecting Doha’s culture and heritage, the stadium is designed to [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Art Gallery, Cladding, Foster + Partners, Glass, Minimalism, Nigel Young, USA architecture
The concept for Sperone Westwater represents both a response to the Bowery’s dynamic urban character and a desire to rethink the way in which we engage with art in the setting of a gallery. The moving gallery animates the exterior of the building and creates a bold vertical element within. Like a kinetic addition to [...]
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Category: Master Plan, Selected Tags: Foster + Partners, Hong Kong, Waterfront architecture
Foster + Partners‘ ‘City Park‘ is one of three conceptual masterplan selected for the further development of the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) Conceptual Plan in Hong Kong. Another 2 conceptual proposals are ‘Project for a New Dimension‘ by Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and ‘Cultural Connect: Key to Sustained Vitality‘ by Rocco Design Architects [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture, Selected Tags: Foster + Partners, Iconic architecture, Kazakhstan, Nigel Young, Tensile structure, Theater
The grand opening of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre was recently held in Kazakhstan. It is the world’s tallest tensile structure designed by UK-based architectural firm Foster + Partners. The project is located at the northern end of the new city axis and soars 150 metres from an elliptical base to form the highest peak on [...]
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Category: Architecture, Healthcare, Selected Tags: Cladding, Foster + Partners, Hospital, Landscape architecture, Nigel Young, UK
London-based architectural firm Foster + Partners recently unveiled the CircleBath located in Bath, UK. The three-storey building is set into the hills facing to the protected green belt, internally the function rooms are planned around a central light filled atrium, promoting a sense of orientation and intimacy. The building provides operating theatres, bedrooms, consultation, treatment and [...]
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Category: Master Plan Tags: Foster + Partners, Germany
UK practice architect Foster + Partners has revealed the Aurelis masterplan for Duisburg in the Ruhr region of Germany, a 36-hectare site with commercial and residential hub. The master plan features an extensive linear green belt running along the entire site, protected by the outer edge of the buildings from the noise of the nearby [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel, Selected Tags: Europen architecture, Features, Foster + Partners, Glass, Modular design, Skin
UK practice architect Foster + Partners has designed a new five-star hotel close to Heathrow Airport – Riva Hotel which to accommodate 577 hotel rooms. The Riva hotel features a distinctive layered glass shell, which floods the public spaces with daylight and contributes to a highly efficient energy strategy. The glass envelope is to act [...]
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