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Foster + Partners submits plans for huge tower scheme at Blackfriars
Foster + Partners has put forward plans for a massive new tower scheme, featuring a 200m-tall skyscraper, on a long-empty site near Blackfriars Bridge in London
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News stories and completed buildings by the UK’s biggest architecture practice, led by Norman Foster
Norman Foster-designed Bond film building set for £4.7m refurb
A Norman Foster-designed, Grade II*-listed building made famous by a Bond film is in line for a major £4.7 million refurb
Foster + Partners’ Kent winery blocked by planning inspector
A planning inspector has backed Medway Council’s decision to turn down Foster + Partner’s proposed £30 million winery in Kent
Fosters spending over £1 million a year on staff visas post-Brexit
Foster + Partners has revealed it is spending more than £1 million a year on obtaining and processing staff visas after Brexit
Does Norman Foster’s Pompidou retrospective have any lessons for the future of architecture?
Norman Foster’s ‘Futurespective’ showcases an incredible career but also raises questions about whether the future will just repeat past patterns, writes Will Jennings
Sketchbook: Norman Foster
The AJ’s Sketchbook series is a showcase of sketches and concept drawings by architects and designers. Today’s sketches appear in the recently published Norman Foster Sketchbooks Volume III · 1986-1990
HTA, Allies and Morrison and RSHP join call for net zero planning reform
HTA Design, Allies and Morrison and RSHP have joined more than 100 firms calling for planning reform to meet the UK’s commitment to net zero
Every planning application should meet net zero, says govt’s top climate adviser
No planning applications should be approved without full consideration of the government’s commitment to net zero, the government's most senior climate adviser John Gummer has told this week’s Ecocity World Summit
Foster + Partners pipped to the post in landmark Florida arts centre contest
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has beaten Foster + Partners in the competition to design a replacement for Florida’s famous Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Foster + Partners shortlisted to design landmark Florida arts centre
Foster + Partners is one of three finalists in the contest to design a replacement for the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall in Sarasota, Florida