Norman Foster

Tony Hunt obituary

Structural engineer who built the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich and the huge biodomes at the Eden Project in Cornwall

Deyan Sudjic

07, Sep, 2022 @4:34 PM

Lord Norman Foster: ‘I still get the same buzz from designing buildings’

Norman Foster has designed some of the world’s most visually sumptuous buildings, from the Gherkin in London to the Reichstag in Berlin. Now 86, the pioneering architect shows no signs of slowing down

Tim Lewis

03, Apr, 2022 @6:00 AM

Norman Foster’s architecture firm almost doubles profits

Foster + Partners buoyed by Middle East expansion in year ending April 2021 despite global lockdowns

Jasper Jolly

13, Jan, 2022 @6:00 AM

New York billionaire told to revise plans for ‘temple to a titan’ penthouse

Bill Ackman’s plan to build on top of a historic Manhattan building overlooking Central Park fails

Rupert NeateWealth correspondent

17, Nov, 2021 @5:13 PM

Government throws out plans for 305-metre Tulip tower in London

Decision welcomed by Historic England, which said building would have been ‘visually intrusive’ and ‘highly incongruous’

Julia Kollewe

11, Nov, 2021 @3:54 PM

Tulip, Summit, Mound: can urban properties really be ‘experiences’? | India Block

Developers are harming cities like London and New York by asking the public to visit and help monetise their monstrosities

India Block

06, Sep, 2021 @11:45 AM

Terence Conran remembered by Norman Foster

The architect celebrates the enduring influence of his friend across design, food, fashion and many other aspects of modern British life

Norman Foster

18, Dec, 2020 @1:00 PM

'A lost space awaiting rediscovery' – how we made the British Museum's Great Court

As the soaring 3,312-piece glass roof celebrates its 20th birthday, its creators recall the risks, setbacks, and unexpected discoveries – and that time Nelson Mandela paid a visit

07, Dec, 2020 @3:56 PM

Norman Foster pulls out of climate coalition in row over aviation

Firm withdraws from Architects Declare after criticism of work on series of airports

Matthew Taylor

02, Dec, 2020 @4:49 PM

The Tulip’s towering vanity must be nipped in the bud | Rowan Moore

There’s no evidence the 305-metre ‘cultural attraction’ would boost confidence in the Covid-battered City of London

Rowan Moore

28, Nov, 2020 @9:26 AM

Headless chickens can still run a coup | Brief letters

Letters

27, Sep, 2020 @4:05 PM

McLaren plans to sell then lease back Woking HQ after sales slump

Group hopes to free up £200m from sale of complex designed by Norman Foster