Leading Architects: Sir Norman Foster [Infographic]

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The Architect: Sir Norman Foster

Norman Robert Foster is an English architect. His organization, Foster and Partners, has a universal design practice. He is the United Kingdom’s greatest developer of point of interest office structures. Encourage was destined to Robert Foster and Lilian Smith in 1935 in Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire. They moved, not long after his introduction to the world, two miles to 4 Crescent Grove in Levenshulme, Manchester, which they leased for fourteen shillings seven days: Foster has no memory of Reddish.

Non-permanent’s parents were industrious, diligent employees – so tireless that Foster, as a lone youngster, felt their overwhelming workload limited his association with them and he was regularly cared for by neighbors or other relatives. He went to Burnage Grammar School for Boys in Burnage. In a Guardian meet in 1999, Foster said he generally felt “extraordinary” at school and was tormented and he resigned into the universe of books. He viewed himself as peaceful and cumbersome in his initial years frequently making violation of social norms.

Cultivate depicted Manchester as “one of the workshops of the world” and ” the embodiment of a great city “, his dad, Robert, worked at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park which fuelled Foster’s enthusiasm for building and outline. He was interested with building and the way toward outlining. He says that made him seek after a vocation outlining structures. Particular interests included flying machine, a diversion he looks after today; and trains, produced by survey passing trains on the railroad outside his terraced home amid his adolescence.

He cleared out school when he was sixteen and worked in the Manchester City Treasurer’s office. Next, he joined the National Service in the Royal Air Force. After he was released, in 1956 Foster went to the University of Manchester’s School of Architecture and City Planning. He graduated in 1961. Afterward, Foster won the Henry Fellowship to the Yale School of Architecture, where he earned his Master’s degree Foster likewise met Richard Rogers at Yale. He at that point went in America for a year. He came back to the UK in 1963. At that point he set up a design hone as Team 4 with Rogers and the sisters Georgie and Wendy Cheesman. Georgie (later Wolton) was the just a single of the group that had passed her RIBA exams. This enabled them to set up by and by all alone. Group 4 immediately earned notoriety for cutting edge mechanical plan.

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LEADING ARCHITECTS: SIR NORMAN FOSTER

“It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.”

Born:
01/06/1935, Manchester, England

Education: 
Yale University
University of Manchester

Awards:
Royal Gold Medal for Architecture (1983)
Mies Van der Roche Award (1992)
Pritzker Arcitecture Award (1999)
AIA Gold Medal (2004)
Stirling Prize (2004)

FAMOUS BUILDINGS

30 ST MARY AXE

Commonly known as The Gherkin, the building has become one of London’s most instantly recognisable towers.

LOCATION: LONDON, ENGLAND

STYLE: NEO-FUTURISM

USE: OFFICES

COMPLETED: 2004

COST: £138m

Height: 180m

Area: 64,500m²

Capacity: 4000

HEARST TOWER

Hearst tower is a 46-story glass and steel commercial office building for the Hearst Corporation. The building was built within and above the original six-story Hearst office building.

LOCATION: NEW YORK, USA

STYLE: hIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE

USE: OFFICES

COMPLETED: 2006

COST: £390m

Height: 182m

Area: 79,500m²

Capacity: 2200

REICHSTAG DOME

The Reichstag has become known for Germany’s commitment to renewable energy. The iconic dome was designed to bathe the Bundestag chamber in natural light.

LOCATION: BERLIN, GERMANY

STYLE: POST-MODERN

USE: GOVERNMENT

COMPLETED: 1999

COST: £8m

Height: 47m

Area: 61,200m²

Capacity: 1500

MILLAU VIADUCT

The Millau Viaduct holds the world record for the tallest bridge culminating at 343m (higher than the Eiffel tower) and touching the bottom of the Tarn Valley in only 9 places.

LOCATION: MILLAU, FRANCE

STYLE: CABLE STAYED

USE: TRANSPORT

COMPLETED: 2004

COST: £330m

Height: 343m

Length: 2460m

Width: 32m

CITY HALL

City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.

LOCATION: LONDON, ENGLAND

STYLE: NEO-FUTURISM

USE: GOVERNMENT

COMPLETED: 2002

COST: £43m

Height: 45m

Area: 19,900m²

Capacity: 900

APPLE PARK

Also known as The Spaceship Campus, Apple Park opened to employees in April 2017 and will replace Apple’s current campus at One Infinite Loop, Cupertino.

LOCATION: CALIFORNIA, USA

STYLE: NEO-FUTURISM

USE: RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT

COMPLETED: 2017

COST: £3.9b

Grounds: 175ac

Area: 260,000m²

Capacity: 12000

KHAN SHATYR ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE

The Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre is found in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, and is the first and only lifestyle centre in Astana that features world class shopping and entertainment under the same roof.

LOCATION: ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN

STYLE: NEO-FUTRISM

USE: ENTERTAINMENT / SHOPPING

COMPLETED: 2010

COST: £310m

Height: 150m

Area: 100,000m²

Capacity: 2,000

TORRE CEPSA

Originally built as the landmark headquarters for Caja Madrid, Spain’s oldest savings bank, the Torre Cepsa is currently the tallest building in Spain, surpassing the Torre de Cristal by only 89cm.

LOCATION: MADRID, SPAIN

STYLE: POST-MODERN

USE: BUSINESS/BANKING

COMPLETED: 2009

COST: £280m

Height: 250m

Area: 56,250m²

Capacity: 1200

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