The Norman Foster Institute presents the ‘Bilbao Social Boosters’ project at Bilbao City Hall
Last Friday, the Norman Foster Institute (NFI) team, represented by David González Márquez, Secretary General of the Norman Foster Foundation, Irene Martín Luque, Head of Research of the NFI, and Juan Carlos Calanchini González Cos, Lead Researcher of the NFI, met with Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao, Gonzalo Olabarria, Councillor for Culture and Governance, […]
Kharkiv Masterplan—Housing Pilot Project Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2024–2025
In 2024, the NFF launched the Kharkiv Housing Challenge as an international competition to generate modular, scalable solutions for retrofitting existing residential blocks and revitalising public space. The process was overseen by an interdisciplinary international jury chaired by Norman Foster and attracted strong global engagement, with 18,173 brief downloads and 259 submissions from teams worldwide. […]
The Norman Foster Institute’s 2025 Master’s Programme on Sustainable Cities officially begins in Madrid
The second academic year of the Norman Foster Institute’s Master’s Programme on Sustainable Cities officially commenced this week, welcoming students from sixteen nationalities and diverse professional backgrounds, ranging from architecture to journalism. The thirty-six-week programme, organised by the Norman Foster Institute in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, consists of three stages—Foundations, Transformations and […]
Kharkiv Freedom Square Revival | Competition Results
The Norman Foster Foundation, alongside UNECE and Arup, has collaborated with Kharkiv City Council and local and international experts to develop the masterplan for the reconstruction of Kharkiv, intended as a blueprint for the reconstruction of other Ukrainian cities. As part of this effort, the ‘Kharkiv Freedom Square Revival’ Heritage Competition was launched in September […]
Awardee of 2024-2025 Lord Norman R. Foster Scholarship Fund Announced
This year, the Lord Norman R. Foster Scholarship Fund was awarded to Arnold K. Amisi, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Originally from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Arnold moved to Montreal to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. Following his time as an engineer, he completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture […]
The Norman Foster Foundation announces the publication of ‘Norman Foster Sketchbooks: Volume V 1996 – 2000’
Edited by Professor Jorge Sainz, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura (ETSAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), the publication offers a broad overview of the contents of Norman Foster’s sketchbooks, held in the Foundation’s Archive. Appearing in 2020, the first volume, Norman Foster Sketchbooks 1975 -2020, now sold-out, is […]
Norman Foster International Guest Editor of Domus magazine in 2024
Norman Foster was invited to be an international Guest Editor for ten issues of Domus magazine in 2024. To mark its 100th anniversary in 2028, Domus has initiated the 10 x 10x 10 project, where ten architects of international fame lead the publication for 10 issues a year over a total period of ten years. […]
Norman Foster Institute Commencement Ceremony 2024
The Norman Foster Foundation celebrated today in Madrid the Commencement Ceremony for the first academic year of the Master of Sustainable Cities, organised by the Norman Foster Institute in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The Ceremony was moderated by Tim Stonor, Advisory Board Member, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Managing Director, Space Syntax, […]
The 2024 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 […]
The WING display case, designed by Norman Foster with Goppion, has been selected for the ADI Design Index 2023
The WING display case, designed by Norman Foster with Goppion, has been selected for the ADI Design Index 2023. Each year ADI carefully curates innovative projects and products with a commitment to aesthetic refinement, functionality, and technological sophistication. The WING display cases originated as part of Norman Foster’s retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2023, […]