RIBA opens 2020 Norman Foster Foundation Travelling Scholarship
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) opened today (Wednesday 26 February 2020) the applications for the 2020 Norman Foster Foundation Travelling Scholarship. This fellowship encourages architecture students and scholars to travel anywhere in the world to pursue research on the subject of the future survival of cities and communities. Applications are welcomed from students […]
Imagining Futures, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
From the 17th of February to the 21st of February 2020, the Imaging Futures collaboration with Politecnico di Milano and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid took place as a one week programme, held at the Madrid headquarters of the Norman Foster Foundation and at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM). Through an examination of […]
List of the selected scholars for 2020 ‘Re-materializing Housing’ Workshop announced
The list of the ten selected scholars that will participate in the 2020 ‘Re-materializing Housing’ Workshop at the Norman Foster Foundation is now public. The workshop will take place on 23rd- 27th March 2020 with the support of the LafargeHolcimFoundation and will be led by Dirk Hebel, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture (2019–) and Professor of […]
Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission won bronze at World Habitat Awards
This Monday 9th of December 2019, the Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission (OLHM) won bronze at this year’s World Habitat Awards. The award, given by World Habitat, a UK-based organization, in partnership with UN-Habitat, recognize innovative, outstanding and revolutionary housing ideas, projects, and programmes from across the world. Launched in May 2018, the project is being pursued […]
OPEN CALL: Re-materializing Housing Workshop 2020
The Norman Foster Foundation is selecting ten students to be awarded a scholarship for the first edition of the Norman Foster Foundation Re-materializing Housing Workshop, supported by the LafargeHolcim Foundation. How can we best combine the knowledge learnt from vernacular architecture techniques with the developments of new technologies to design affordable housing solutions? The Re-materializing […]
The Norman Foster Foundation Archive is now part of the Archives Portal Europe
The Norman Foster Foundation Archive is now part of the Archives Portal Europe, the main platform for the diffusion of archives and cultural institutions of Europe. The Archives Portal Europe provides access to information on archival material from different European countries as well as information on archival institutions throughout the continent. Archival materials can be […]
Board of Trustees appoints new Trustees
This 7 November 2019, the board of Trustees at the Norman Foster Foundation unanimously agreed on the appointment of Mr. Oscar Fanjul, Ms. Belinda Tato and the Hon. Eduardo Foster as Trustees. Oscar Fanjul holds a PhD in Economics, having been a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Economics at both Harvard University and at […]
Robotics – Public Debates 2019
Organised by the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid, the third edition of the Robotics 2019 Public Debates was held in the Lecture Hall of Fundación Francisco Giner de los Ríos with an overall audience of 255 attendees, in addition to hundreds of online viewers. Recognised for its unique design structure, the building was created by […]
Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design opens in Barcelona, Spain
Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design. Design Museum of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 31 October 2019 – 02 February 2020 The exhibition Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design is the first big retrospective on the designer, author and activist Victor J. Papanek (1923-1998). What role should design and designers play in the contemporary world in order to be […]
Fall/Winter 2019 Visiting Professorship at Yale University Awarded to Elia Zenghelis
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 2019 Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship at Yale University was awarded […]