Norman Foster Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies at COP28

The Norman Foster Foundation partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies to celebrate the Norman Foster Institute’s Programme on Sustainable Cities launch—a year long residential Master’s degree. Today, Norman Foster, elected Advocate of the United Nations’ Forum of Mayors, participated in an event with Bloomberg Media’s Francine Lacqua during the COP28 in Dubai, to present the Norman Foster […]
Norman Foster Foundation and Bupa at COP28

In anticipation of the inaugural Health Day at the Conference of the Parties (COP28), the Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated with Bupa, C40, and Lancet Countdown to advocate for immediate cross-sectoral collaboration, emphasizing the escalating climate and health risks confronting urban populations. Norman Foster, President of the Norman Foster Foundation, participated in an event that […]
Essential Homes Research Project Receives 2023 Global Architecture Design Award

The Essential Homes Research Project, developed by the Norman Foster Foundation in partnership with Holcim and exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2023, has been awarded the Architectural Innovation of the year prize in the Global Architecture Design Awards 2023. It has also been recognised as the runner-up in the Sustainable Project of the year category. […]
The Norman Foster Foundation and Bupa join forces to create healthy and climate-resilient cities

The Norman Foster Foundation, which promotes interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists anticipate the future, and Bupa, the global healthcare company, are joining forces to create greener and climate-resilient cities that benefit people and planet health. The Norman Foster Institute for Sustainable Cities programme, which the Norman Foster […]
Norman Foster invited to be guest editor for 10 issues of Domus magazine in 2024

Norman Foster will be the international Guest Editor for the ten issues of Domus magazine in 2024. To mark its 100th anniversary in 2028, Domus has initiated the 10x10x10 project, where 10 architects of international fame lead the publication for 10 issues a year over a total period of 10 years. Norman Foster has been invited […]
‘Norman Foster. Sketchbooks · Volume IV 1991 – 1995’ | Norman Foster and Jorge Sainz

The Norman Foster Foundation announces the publication of the next instalment in the Norman Foster Sketchbooks series; Volume IV 1991 – 1995. 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 now sold-out synopsis volume […]
Public Debates on Sustainability

In the Anthropocene epoch of today, we are facing a global polycrisis: the intertwined and cascading crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and socio-ecological vulnerability. To confront this polycrisis, what if we learned to engage other ways of knowing the world around us? The third edition of the Norman Foster Foundation Public Debates on Sustainability […]
The Norman Foster Foundation and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid sign an agreement to offer a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Cities

The Provost of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Amaya Mendikoetxea, and the President of the Norman Foster Foundation (NFF), Norman Foster, have signed an agreement for a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Cities organised by the Norman Foster Institute (part of the Norman Foster Foundation) in collaboration with the UAM. The Programme on Sustainable Cities […]
Save the Date | Public Debates on Sustainability

In the Anthropocene epoch of today, we are facing a global polycrisis: the intertwined and cascading crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and socio-ecological vulnerability. To confront this polycrisis, what if we learned to engage other ways of knowing the world around us? The third edition of the Norman Foster Foundation’s Public Debates on Sustainability, […]
The Norman Foster Foundation collaborates with Instituto Cervantes and Tourspain in its exhibition ‘Arquitectura y Vino’

The Norman Foster Foundation collaborates with Instituto Cervantes and Tourspain in its latest exhibition ‘Arquitectura y Vino’ (‘Architecture and Wine’), located in Beijing and Shanghai. The foundation has lent a drawing by Norman Foster of the Bodegas Portia (Faustino Winery) project. The exhibition, curated by Belén García-Noblejas, aims to showcase the offerings of wine and […]