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John Hill | 25.02.2025

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The UK government has announced the teams on the shortlist in the two-stage competition for the design of a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, to be located in London's St. James Park, just steps from The Mall, the ceremonial route to Buckingham Palace.


John Hill | 26.03.2024

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Renderings have been revealed for The Star, a proposed $1 billion “vertical creative office” campus on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard. The design by Foster + Partners features exterior gardens that spiral around the cylindrical 22-story tower.


John Hill | 05.02.2024

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On February 1 the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced the completion of a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Midtown Bus Terminal, which would replace the much-unloved Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, revealing two renderings of the...


John Hill | 22.11.2023

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On Monday, November 20, a topping-out ceremony was held for the 1,388-foot (423m) tower designed by Foster + Parters for JPMorgan Chase, the replacement for the bank's Midtown Manhattan office tower that was torn down in 2021.


Ulf Meyer | 03.05.2023

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Hungary’s tallest tower houses the headquarters of the country’s biggest company, the MOL Group. The giant oil and gas conglomerate commissioned Lord Norman Foster from London to design their new headquarters, which was inaugurated in December.


Ulf Meyer | 31.10.2022

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At 310 meters to its tip, Varso Tower, designed by Foster + Partners and engineered by Buro Happold, is now the tallest tower in the European Union.


John Hill | 11.11.2021

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One month after reports indicated Norman Foster's Tulip tower planned for the City of London was "likely to happen," the 305-meter-tall tower has been rejected over its "unsustainable concept" and its visual impact on heritage buildings.


John Hill | 20.10.2021

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Unveiled by Foster + Partners in late 2018 but then rejected by London mayor Sadiq Khan less than a year later, The Telegraph is reporting that the Tulip is expected to gain approval from the housing secretary, allowing the 305-meter tower to proceed.


John Hill | 14.09.2021

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The Commercial Observer is reporting that Foster + Partners is working on a new design for 2 World Trade Center, the office tower they were commissioned for but then lost to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group.


John Hill | 03.03.2021

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Foster + Partners has released a website with immersive tours of the exteriors and interiors of 22 of the firm's UK projects, from the 1966 Creek Vean House to the 2017 headquarters for Bloomberg.


John Hill | 03.11.2020

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November 3 is the beginning of a public inquiry for The Tulip, the 305-meter-tall "visitor attraction" designed by Foster + Partners for a site in the City of London directly next to Foster's earlier 30 St. Mary Axe.


John Hill | 25.06.2020

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced that the city will move its government offices from the 18-year-old City Hall designed by Foster + Partners to The Crystal, an 8-year-old building designed by WilkinsonEyre.


John Hill | 17.03.2020

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The deadline for the ​£7,000 RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship — open to architecture students enrolled at eligible universities — is April 24, 2020.


John Hill | 17.01.2020

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The New York Post is reporting that Silverstein Properties is shelving the 2015 design by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group for 2 World Trade Center in favor of a "modified" design of Foster + Partners' scheme from 2006.


John Hill | 20.09.2019

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On Friday Apple reopened its 24-hour Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan. The famous glass cube is back, accompanied by a redesigned interior and plaza courtesy of Foster + Partners.


John Hill | 15.07.2019

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London mayor Sadiq Khan has rejected the application for The Tulip, the proposed 305.3-meter-tall tower designed by Norman Foster, saying it "would result in harm to London’s skyline."


John Hill | 08.04.2019

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Heritage Victoria has blocked the construction of Apple's flagship store at Melbourne, Australia's Federation Square due to its adverse effect on the nearly 20-year-old square.


John Hill | 02.04.2019

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The Tulip, a 1,000ft (305m) tall "visitor attraction" designed by Foster + Partners for a site next to their earlier "Gherkin" tower in the City of London, has received the first of its necessary approvals.


John Hill | 20.11.2018

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Foster + Partners has unveiled The Tulip, a "unique 305.3-meter-high visitor attraction" that would sit next to the firm's earlier 30 St. Mary Axe, aka The Gherkin.


John Hill | 07.11.2018

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JPMorgan Chase has selected Foster + Partners to design a 2.5 million-square-foot skyscraper to replace its current 1.5 million-square-foot corporate headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.


John Hill | 31.10.2018

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The $13 billion international airport designed by Foster + Partners for Mexico City is facing cancellation after a national referendum saw 70 percent of people at the polls vote "no" on the project now under construction.


John Hill | 10.10.2018

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Foster + Partners' design for the headquarters of Bloomberg, London has won the 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building.


John Hill | 23.01.2018

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The PGA Tour has unveiled renderings of its new home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, designed by Foster + Partners.


John Hill | 04.01.2018

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Apple's plan for a global flagship store at Melbourne's Federation Square, unveiled last month, is being met by opposition, due in part to the proposed plan's demolition of one of the buildings in the 15-year-old project.


John Hill | 26.10.2017

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The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has unveiled new plans for the first public garden designed by Lord Norman Foster, part of the museum's building expansion being carried out by Foster + Partners.


John Hill | 20.10.2017

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Apple Michigan Avenue, designed by Norman Foster, opens today on a site overlooking the Chicago River.


John Hill | 10.07.2017

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The Barbican, London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School of Music & Drama have announced the shortlist for the planned Centre for Music in the City of London.


John Hill | 07.06.2017

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The Norman Foster Foundation, which "promotes interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future," opened on 1 June 2017.


John Hill | 31.01.2017

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Malcolm Reading Consultants has released the designs of the ten shortlisted schemes in the UK Holocaust Memorial International Design Competition, which will "affirm the United Kingdom's commitment to stand up against prejudice and hatred."


John Hill | 15.03.2016

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BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group, Foster + Partners, and Grimshaw Architects have been chosen by organizers of the Expo 2020 in Dubai to design the Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability theme pavilions, respectively.


John Hill | 25.06.2015

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The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has named the four regional winners of the Best Tall Building Awards as part of the organization's annual awards.


John Hill | 28.04.2015

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Norman Foster's design of 2 World Trade Center "could be dramatically altered under a proposal being discussed by 21st Century Fox Inc. and News Corp," which would bring in architect Bjarke Ingels.


John Hill | 14.04.2014

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BPS Development Company has unveiled phase-three designs by Frank Gehry and Norman Foster.


John Hill | 28.10.2013

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The two big-name architects will design the residential buildings that make up Phase 3 of London's Battersea Power Station development.