Save the Date | Public Debates on Healthy Cities
The first edition of the Public Debates on Healthy Cities of the Norman Foster Foundation supported by Sanitas will take place Tuesday 18 April 2023. It will explore the different urban and civic actions to strengthen, regenerate and revitalise healthy cities. The main challenge of the 21st century is to ensure that society evolves and […]
The Board of Trustees appoints a new Advisory Board member
The Board of Trustees at the Norman Foster Foundation appointed a new Advisory Board member, Spanish Engineer and Professor Hugo Corres. Hugo Corres Peiretti began his professional career founding in 1979 the company FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores, specialized in structural design. Subsequently, he has covered practically all areas of structural engineering, from the design of bridges […]
Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim to unveil Essential Homes Research Project at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale
Driven by its purpose to build progress for people and the planet, the Norman Foster Foundation partnered with Holcim to develop the Essential Homes Research Project, a model for comfortable, durable and dignified housing for people in displacement. The project will be presented at the Time Space Existence exhibition organized by the European Cultural Center […]
Largest Norman Foster retrospective to be held at Centre Pompidou, Paris. 10 May – 7 August 2023
The largest retrospective spanning the entire oeuvre of Norman Foster’s work over the last six decades will open at the Centre Pompidou in Paris in May this year. Covering nearly 2,200 square-metres, the exhibition reviews the different periods of the architect’s work, highlighting seminal projects, such as the headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking […]
Nuclear Now! – Norman Foster in conversation with Joshua Goldstein
Next 21 February at 6 p.m. the Norman Foster Foundation will host in Madrid the screening of the iconic director Oliver Stone’s documentary: Nuclear Now! With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia and the United States, iconic-director Oliver Stone’s documentary, Nuclear Now!, explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like […]
Alicia Valdivieso is appointed as Head of Archives, Publications and Exhibitions at the Norman Foster Foundation
Alicia Valdivieso, former ‘Rolex Institute Research Fellow’ within the Archive and Exhibitions Unit at the Norman Foster Foundation (NFF), is now appointed as Head of Archives, Publications and Exhibitions. Trained as an art and architectural historian, Valdivieso specialises in investigation, curatorship and dissemination of architecture. She holds a Master’s degree in Analysis, Theory and History […]
Kharkiv Masterplan
The team at the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid has been working together with an advisory board since April 2022 on a masterplan for Kharkiv, following a request from the Kharkiv Mayor to Lord Foster through the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, in his role as advocate of the Forum of Mayors. This work, […]
The 2022 Norman Foster Solar Awards (NFSA) at the Swiss Solar Prize Ceremony
Since 2010, Solar Agency Switzerland (SAS) has been organising the Norman Foster Solar Award (NFSA) to promote Plus Energy Buildings (PEB). The goal of this PEB Award to support architects and engineers according to the actual PEB level of technology in order to realise PEB possibly nationwide. The most creative architects, engineers and businessmen realise […]
Fall 2022 Visiting Professorship at Yale University Awarded to Brigitte Shim
Since 2010, Yale School of Architecture alumnus Norman Foster and his family have been funding a visiting professorship in his name, thus enabling the Yale School of Architecture (New Haven, USA) to annually invite distinguished international architects to teach in the design studio. The 2022 Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship at Yale University was awarded […]
The Norman Foster Foundation and Sanitas join forces to contribute to creating more sustainable and healthier cities
The Norman Foster Foundation and Sanitas have entered into a framework partnership agreement with the goal of spurring the creation of more sustainable and healthier cities. This agreement seeks to promote education and disseminate knowledge about constructing urban spaces and buildings which have a positive impact on the health of people and the planet. The […]