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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect known for sleek modern designs using steel and glass. He established his own firm, Foster + Partners, in 1967. Some of Foster's most famous works include the Hearst Tower in New York, the Great Court at the British Museum in London, and the Beijing International Airport. Foster believes that the best architecture addresses both functional needs and spiritual or aesthetic elements to create buildings that make people feel good.

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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect known for sleek modern designs using steel and glass. He established his own firm, Foster + Partners, in 1967. Some of Foster's most famous works include the Hearst Tower in New York, the Great Court at the British Museum in London, and the Beijing International Airport. Foster believes that the best architecture addresses both functional needs and spiritual or aesthetic elements to create buildings that make people feel good.

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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect known for sleek modern designs using steel and glass. He established his own firm, Foster + Partners, in 1967. Some of Foster's most famous works include the Hearst Tower in New York, the Great Court at the British Museum in London, and the Beijing International Airport. Foster believes that the best architecture addresses both functional needs and spiritual or aesthetic elements to create buildings that make people feel good.

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    NORMAN FOSTER

    Prepared by: ALCURAN, PAMELA F. | 19-05632 | ARC 1205

    Richard and Su Rogers, and his wife,


    Wendy Foster, in a firm called Team 4.
    - He established his own firm called
    Foster Associates (later Foster +
    Partners) in 1967.
     AWARDS:
    - Pritzker Prize (1999)
    - Japan Art Association’s Praemium
    Imperiale prize for architecture (2002)
    - Aga Khan Award (2007)
    - American Institute of Architects Gold
    Medal for Architecture (1994)
    - Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
    (1983)
    Sir Norman Foster is an award-winning - Gold Medal of the French Academy of
    and prolific British architect known for sleek, Architecture (1991)
    modern designs of steel and glass with  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
    innovations in contouring and inner space - He grew up in a working-class
    management. neighbourhood and left school at the
    age of 16 to work as a town hall clerk.
    BIOGRAPHY - He’s a veteran of the Royal Air Force
    (1935-55) and an avid pilot.
     FULL NAME:
    - He was knighted in 1990 and granted a
    - Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank
    life peerage in 1999.
    - Norman Robert Foster
     DATE OF BIRTH:
    - June 1, 1935 (age: 84 years old) PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY
     PLACE OF BIRTH:
    - Manchester, England, United Kingdom  “Architecture really is about the needs of
     EDUCATION: people, the material needs, the things that
    - University of Manchester (1956-61) in you can measure, keeping us warm when
    England; wherein he started studying it’s cold outside, cool when it’s hot outside,
    architecture and won accolades for his protecting us from the elements, but it’s
    drawing work, developing a lifelong also about the spiritual dimension it’s
    passion for sketching. about the things that move us, that make
    - Yale University (1961-62) in New us feel happy, comfortable, you can call it
    Haven, Connecticut; wherein he any word you like, you can call it beauty,
    graduated and earned his master’s you can all it aesthetics, you can call it
    degree. welcoming, friendly. But something that
     CAREER ATTAINMENTS: will make us feel good. Architecture is
    - He began his architecture career in about the social agenda.”
    1963, working in a partnership with
    NORMAN FOSTER
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     “I believe that the best architecture comes translates into a successive internal fold
    from a synthesis of all the elements that that produces a supremely sumptuous and
    separately comprise a building: the attractive sovereign bronze lattice effect.
    structure that holds it up; the services that
    allow it to work; the ecology of the
    building—whether it is naturally
    ventilated, whether you can open the
    windows, the quality of light; the materials
    used, their mass or their lightness; the
    character of the spaces; the symbolism of
    the form; the relationship of the building
    to the skyline or the streetscape; and the
    way in which the building signals its
    presence in the city or the countryside. I
    think that holds true whether you are  Beijing Airport-2007-Beijing, China - third
    creating a landmark or deferring to a largest commercial airport in the world;
    historic setting. Successful architecture Projects the oriental culture and tradition,
    addresses all these things and many therefore, the figurative dragon is the
    more.” central image of the air terminal in which
    the colours associated with the tradition
    were used. The fundamental premise was
    FAMOUS WORKS
    the natural balance, hence the lighting
    from lucarnas or skylights and the use of
    glass screens.

     Citic Bank Headquarters-2017-Hangzhou,


    China - inspired by the allegorical vessel
    “dou or ding”; whose singular geometric
    representation is a V-shaped base
    NORMAN FOSTER
    Prepared by: ALCURAN, PAMELA F. | 19-05632 | ARC 1205

     Hearst Tower-2006-New York, United


    States - Awarded by the Leadership in PROJECTS
    Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
    for futuristic structures with
    conservationist nuance, it is a triangular
    building that stands on an old building,
    this gives the feeling of a small town
    square, allowing access to all areas of the
    building. It has 44 floors, each with offices,
    rooms for parties and special events.

     MILLAU VIADUCT, FRANCE - The 2.4KM


    bridge stretches across the River Tarn
    Valley near Loire and is part of the route
    from Paris to Beziers and Montpellier. The
    bridge greatly reduces journey times and
    allows travellers to use a more direct
    route; almost literally as the crow flies;
    widely acknowledged as one of the
    greatest engineering achievements of all
    time.

     Zayed National Museum 2017-Abu Dhabi,


    United Arab Emirates - At the request of
    Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the
    artist takes on a project in which he
    combines the love of nature, the
    preservation of cultural heritage and high
    efficiency in a contemporary museum
    ideal adorned with extensive gardening,
    luxury cafes, shops and various
    auditoriums that take advantage of the
    environmental conditions of the area as it  QUEEN ELIZABETH II GREAT COURT,
    lies under an artificial surface lined UNITED KINGDOM - Historically, the
    internally with chimneys, vents, galleries British Museum had lacked a central
    and five thermal energy towers to circulation space with its main courtyard
    generate fresh and cold air. somewhat under-utilised. The creation of
    the Great Court brought the centre of the
    museum to life. The glazed canopy creates
    NORMAN FOSTER
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    the largest covered square in Europe; a


    space that contains shops, a café and an
    inspiring exhibition space. The glazed roof
    frames the historic Reading Room at its
    centre. The room was originally designed
    by Sydney Smirke in 1857 and underwent
    restoration as part of the Great Court
    scheme.

    REFERENCES
     https://www.biography.com/artist/norm
    an-foster
     https://www.britannica.com/biography/
    Lord-Norman-Foster
     https://c942009.wordpress.com/2013/1
    0/31/norman-foster-2/
     https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biograph
    y-norman-foster
     https://10famousworks.com/architectur
    e/norman-foster/
     https://www.theb1m.com/video/top-5-
    norman-foster-projects

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