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Norman Foster
Sign in to saveAlso known as Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Norman Robert Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, Sir Norman Foster, Nōman Fosutā, Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Baron Foster of Thames Bank Norman Foster
British architect (born 1935)
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Norman Robert Foster, born on 1935-06-01 in Stockport, is a British architect, politician, designer, and film actor. He holds the noble title of baron and is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Academy of Arts, Berlin, the Royal Academy of Arts, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Foster was educated at the University of Manchester and Yale University.
His notable works include the Commerzbank Tower, Canary Wharf, Carré d'art, and Old City Hall. He is associated with the high-tech architecture movement. Foster has received the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Order of Merit, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts. He has been married to Wendy Cheesman and Elena Ochoa.
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Film & TV
Manchester, England, UK
Known for
- The Prado Museum: A Collection of Wonders — Self - Architect2019
- Neutra: Survival Through Design — Self2019
- Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Monumental Art — Self2018
- Der Reichstag — Self2017
- Harry Seidler: Modernist — An Exhilarating Retrospective of Seidler's Architectural Vision — Self2016
- Eye of God — Self2012
- Urbanized — Self2011
- How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? — Self2010
- Building the Gherkin — Self2005
- Building Sights — Self - Presenter1988
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- human
- Given name
- Norman
- Family name
- Foster
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Stockport
- Spouse
- Elena Ochoa
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Yale University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- National Police Memorial
- Noble title
- baron
- Field of work
- architecture
- Movement
- high-tech architecture
- Official website
- www.normanfosterfoundation.org
- Image
- La alcaldesa abre el foro de Norman Foster sobre los retos de las ciudades (03) (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Norman Robert Foster
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- Norman Foster
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Encyclopedic overview
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935), is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm, Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and operates internationally. He also serves as president of the Norman Foster Foundation, established to "promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists anticipate the future". The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. Foster received the Pritzker Prize in 2000.
Early life and education
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