Technoscape | The Architecture of Engineers
The Norman Foster Foundation collaborates with Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo (Roma, Italia) in its latest exhibition, Technoscape. The Architecture of Engineers, by lending a selection of drawings by Norman Foster from our Archive. A major exhibition investigating the relationship between architecture, structural engineering and technological and digital innovation increasingly is presented at […]
Save the date | Sustainability – Public Debates
While there is an imperative to ensure human survival in the face of climate change, learning from nature’s intricate systems is crucial to ensuring a good quality life for all living things. What if the boundary between humans and ecosystems didn’t exist? The second edition of the Norman Foster Foundation’s Public Debates on Sustainability, taking […]
OPEN CALL | Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop 2022
The Norman Foster Foundation is awarding ten scholarships for students to take part in the first edition of the Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop, to be held at the Norman Foster Foundation headquarters in Madrid, Spain. How do we deliver affordable housing in our cities? The 2022 NFF Cities: Affordable Housing Workshop will look at how […]
Norman Foster: A tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II
I had the privilege to know Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for the last five decades of her remarkable 70 year reign as our Monarch. During that time, myself and colleagues were honoured to welcome her on many occasions when she celebrated projects for which we had been commissioned and, on a more personal level, […]
Winner of the 2022 RIBA Norman Foster Foundation Travelling Scholarship announced
The 2022 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to Hana Sapherson, from the MA Architecture student from the Royal College of Art, UK, for her project ‘Zero: direct air capture infrastructure and the future of zero carbon societies.’ The annual scholarship offers £7,000 to fund research by an architecture student who demonstrates original […]
OPEN CALL: Sustainability Workshop 2022
The Norman Foster Foundation is awarding ten scholarships for students to take part in our Sustainability Workshop, supported by the Rolex Institute. The Workshop will take place from 10-14 October 2022, in Madrid, Spain. While there is an imperative to ensure human survival in the face of climate change, learning from nature’s intricate systems is […]
Norman Foster: A tribute to Marcus Fairs
I am deeply saddened to hear of Marcus Fairs’ sudden and premature death. A pioneering and visionary journalist, Marcus was instrumental in setting a new direction of architectural journalism in the UK. At Dezeen – which Marcus started from his home in 2006 – he created a global platform for architecture and design, raising the […]
Shelters – Public Debates
The first edition of the Norman Foster Foundation Shelters Public Debates, supported by Holcim, took place on 8 June 2022. Held in Madrid, the Shelters Public Debates discussed the challenges and potential solutions to provide shelter to vulnerable communities. With a five-minute keynote and debate between the following experts: Johan Karlsson, Managing Director, Better Shelter, […]
Shelters – Public Debates 2022
Eighty million people were displaced in 2021 due to conflict and natural disasters and, in just over two months, the current crisis has forced another 12.5 million people to flee within the country or to neighbouring ones. The average duration of displacement is twenty-six years, so, while we tend to think of displacement as something […]
The Norman Foster Foundation presents the ‘Future of Archives’ Conversations Series
The ‘Future of Archives’ Conversations Series explores the most fundamental aspects related to architectural archives and libraries around the world. This series of ten virtual dialogues are hosted by Estrella de Diego, Professor at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid and Academician at the Royal Academy of Arts of San Fernando; and Hans Ulrich Obrist, art […]