Norman Foster is a prolific British architect known for his innovative, stylish structural designs, as seen with edifices like Berlin’s Reichstag, New York City’s Hearst Tower and London’s City Hall.
![Norman Foster](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-161134.png)
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About his life
Norman Foster,in fullLord Norman Foster of Thames Bank, original name in fullNorman Robert Foster(born June 1, 1935, Manchester, England), is aBritish architectknown for his sleek, modern buildings made ofsteelandglass.
![The Albion Riverside Building](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-161117.png)
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Foster was trained at theUniversity of Manchester(1956–61) in England andYale University(1961–62) in New Haven, Connecticut. Beginning in 1963, he worked in partnership withRichardandSu Rogersand his wife,Wendy Foster, in a firm calledTeam 4. In 1967 he established his own firm calledFoster Associates(later Foster + Partners).
![IFC2, Hong Kong.](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-161102.png)
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What are Foster’s style main features ?
Foster’s earliest works explored the idea of a technologically advanced “shed”,意思是一个结构一个轻量级的包围shell or envelope.
![Norman Foster's Gherkin](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-161026.png)
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Foster was one of the architects who turned things around by proving that to make good buildings, it would not be necessary to abandon the principles ofModernism—clear structure,lucid forms—but simply to apply them with newrigorandimagination.
What are his most iconic buildings?
![Willis Building](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-161006.png)
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![Hearst Tower](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-160949.png)
Other important works
- Sainsbury Centre for Visual Artsin Norwich
- Kuala Lumpur’s Troika Towers
- Frankfurt’s Commerzbank
- Hong Kong International Airport
- London’s City HallandMillennium Bridge.
![SkyPlaza at the Hong Kong International Airport](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-160930.png)
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![City Hall (GLA Building)](http://www.lukedreyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Immagine-2022-02-04-160908.png)
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info source:
https://www.biography.com/people/norman-foster-38151
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lord-Norman-Foster
http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1647860_1647834_1644309,00.html