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Norman Foster slams ‘short-termist’ decision to bin HS2 northern leg
The government showed ‘a total lack of foresight’ by getting rid of the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2, Norman Foster has said
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News stories and completed buildings by the UK’s biggest architecture practice, led by Norman Foster
Chipperfield and Fosters’ losing Basel bank designs revealed
Shortlisted concepts by David Chipperfield Architects and Foster + Partners to redesign Basel’s Bank for International Settlements (BIS) have gone on display
Foster + Partners misses out in Viking Ship Museum contest
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde has named the winner of its international contest for a new £34 million (288 million DKK) headquarters
Farrells tower planned for plot close to Fosters + Partners HQ
Proposals are in the pipeline for a 38-storey tower designed by Farrells to be built overlooking Foster + Partners’ headquarters in Battersea
Foster + Partners hits record headcount
The average number of employees at Fosters is the highest on record and turnover has jumped by £57.6 million to £290 million, the practice’s latest accounts show
Foster + Partners pipped to the post in major Seoul competition
Foster + Partners has lost out to overall winner Herzog & de Meuron in the competition for a new art storage facility in Seoul, South Korea
Astragal: ‘Viva Las Glesga’
Could Populous’s MSG Sphere, rejected by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, yet find a home on Clydeside?
Heatherwick, ZHA and Fosters lose out in race for huge Chinese HQ job
Büro Ole Scheeren has won a major contest to design Tencent’s new headquarters in Shenzhen, China, selected from a shortlist which included Heatherwick Studio, Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster + Partners - some of the UK's biggest names
Fosters, Allies and Morrison and ZHA among 100 gingerbread city designers
More than 100 architects, engineers and designers have moved their design work into the kitchen for this year’s annual Gingerbread City event
Fosters picked for $5bn redesign of major US hospital
Foster + Partners is to carry out a $5 billion redesign and extension of a major healthcare campus in the US city of Rochester, Minnesota