OPEN CALL | Energy Workshop 2023
The Norman Foster Foundation is awarding ten scholarships for students to take part in the second edition of the Energy Workshop, to be held at the Norman Foster Foundation headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Energy problems are multidisciplinary in nature, spanning science, engineering, design and the social sciences. How do you think that your field might […]
Norman Foster. Sketchbooks Volume II · 1981 – 1985
The Norman Foster Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of the next installment in the Norman Foster Sketchbooks series; Volume II· 1981-1985. Edited by Jorge Sainz, this generously illustrated publication offers a broad overview of the contents of Norman Foster’s sketchbooks, held in the Foundation’s Archive. First appearing in 2020, the synopsis volume of […]
Cities: Affordable Housing | Public Debates
The first edition of the Norman Foster Foundation’s Public Debates on Cities: Affordable Housing took place Wednesday 16 November 2022 with the support of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. It tackled the challenges and potential solutions to provide affordable housing in cities of different contexts globally. With a five-minute keynote and debate between the […]
Joode Umweni, winner of the sixth Norman Foster Foundation Scholarship at The Bartlett School of Architecture
This year’s Norman Foster Foundation Scholarship has been awarded to Joode Umweni, who impressed the jury with three projects: the topography project, the ‘water’ project and “my environment” project. All of them were focused on her thinking and the ways she gains inspiration for architectural design. The first project consisted of portrait drawings of her […]
Save the Date | Cities: Affordable Housing – Public Debates
According to Mentor Stuart Smith, ‘by 2030, UN-Habitat estimates that 3 billion people, about 40 percent of the world’s population, will need access to adequate housing. The importance of decent housing to health, education, access to basic services, economic opportunity, safety and business is well understood. However, a shortage of decent, affordable housing remains a […]
The Norman Foster Foundation co-hosts the MIT City Science Summit on Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges
The Norman Foster Foundation co-hosted in the MIT City Science Summit – Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges, which brough together international collaborators and thought leaders in the fields of urban science, planning, computer science, policy and decision making, social sciences and rapid urbanization. The event highlighted research from the MIT City Science team, the City […]
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 Artist and Sculptor Cristina Iglesias. Cristina Iglesias is a spanish installation artist and sculptor; her unique sculptural vocabulary, building immersive and experiential environments references and unite architecture, literature and culturally site-specific influences. Through a language of constructed and natural […]
Sustainability 2022 – Public Debates
The second edition of the Norman Foster Foundation Sustainability Public Debates, supported by the Rolex Institute, took place on 11 October 2022. Held in Madrid, the Sustainability Public Debates evolve around bio-integrated design and ecological thinking in shaping the evolution of contemporary art and architecture. With a five-minute keynote and debate between the following experts: Claudia […]
Learning from Foster’s Archive – Architecture Week
On the occasion of Architecture Week 2022, the Norman Foster Foundation is hosting an exhibition of works by ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura) students. The works presented at the Norman Foster Foundation Pavilion belong to students of the School of Architecture of Madrid, immersed in the process of learning, understanding and analyzing the architecture […]
Norman Foster launches UN San Marino Declaration
On Monday, 3rd October, Norman Foster launched the San Marino Declaration of the United Nations and its Principles for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Design and Architecture. The event took place in the Kursaal conference centre of the Republic, on the occasion of the 83rd Session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land […]