Foster and Partners

Foster and Partners
Company typePrivate
IndustryArchitecture, engineering, urban planning
Founded1967 (1967)
Founder Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank, Founder and Executive Chairman
Headquarters,
Area served
International
Key people
  • Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman

    Spencer de Grey, Senior Partner, Head of Design

    Stuart Latham, Managing Partner[1]
ServicesArchitecture, Design, Industrial Design
Number of employees
1,900[2]
Websitefosterandpartners.com

Foster and Partners (also Foster + Partners) is a British international architecture firm with its headquarters in London, England. It was founded in 1967 by British architect and designer Norman Foster. The firm has been involved in the design of major projects around the world, including the Gherkin in London, the Luigi Einaudi university campus in Turin, the Hearst Tower in New York City,[3] the 1990s renovation of the Reichstag in Berlin,[4] the Millau Viaduct in France,[5] and Hong Kong International Airport.[6]

In addition to architectural design, the firm's practice encompasses engineering[7] and industrial design.[8] As of 2021, the firm had approximately 1,500 employees in New York City, Hong Kong, and Madrid.[7] The firm has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize[9] and the Stirling Prize.[10] By 2024, Foster + Partner earned more than half a billion dollars in fees.[11] 40% of Foster + Partner's fees were paid by clients in the Middle East.[11]

  1. ^ Spocchia, Gino (29 April 2024). "Would you work in Saudi Arabia?". Architect's Journal. Retrieved 4 December 2024. Stuart Latham, managing partner and senior executive partner at Foster + Partners, tells the AJ: 'Saudi Arabia is rapidly opening up to the rest of the world
  2. ^ Rogers, Dave (2 December 2024). "Fosters sees income break through £400m figure". Builders. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  3. ^ Kuang, Cliff (13 February 2009). "Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week". Fast Company. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ Cohen de Lara, Max; Mulder van der Vegt, David. "These 5 architectural designs influence every legislature in the world — and tell you how each governs". Washington Post. No. 4 March2017. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ^ Nayeri, Farah (10 May 2023). "Norman Foster Is Still Looking Upward". New York Times. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ^ Wong, Gillian; Specia, Megan (13 August 2019). "Hong Kong Airport, a City's Symbol of Pride, Is Now Its Hub of Unrest". New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b Hickman, Matt (11 October 2021). "Foster + Partners sold to a Canadian private investment firm". The Architect's Newspaper. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  8. ^ Bertoli, Rosa (30 August 2022). "Leading light: Foster + Partners' Industrial Design shines bright". Wallpaper. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  9. ^ Fazzare, Elizabeth (12 May 2023). "Norman Foster Is More Invested in the Future Than Ever". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  10. ^ Prisco, Jacopo (10 October 2018). "Bloomberg's European HQ named UK's best new building". CNN. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  11. ^ a b Parker, Ian (20 January 2025). "Norman Foster's Empire of Image Control". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.

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