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  Lo Studio Foster & Partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Norman Foster was born in Manchester in 1935.
Norman Foster was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold medal for Architecture in 1983, the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture in 1991 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1994.
Foster Associates was founded in 1967 and is now known as Foster and Partners.
www.rubinetteriestella.it /gb/StudioFoster.html   (310 words)

  
 Foster and Partners New Mixed-use Tower | Design Forums
This project continues Foster and Partners practice of designing contemporary interventions in historic structures that began with the New German Parliament at the Reichstag and the Great Court of the British Museum, and has recently been explored in a high-rise context with the Hearst Tower in New York.
Foster and Partners is an international studio for architecture, planning and design led by Norman Foster and a group of Senior Partners.
Norman Foster’s philosophy of integration can be seen in the way the practice’s London design studio works; it is essentially one large open space, shared equally by everyone, and free of subdivisions to encourage good communication between the many people who come together there.
www.dexigner.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2480   (986 words)

  
 fp Product 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Foster Partners is a Delaware (S) Corporation headquartered in New York City, with operating offices in Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington DC.
Foster Partners today provides executive search services in the U.S. and through its global network resident in most developed countries.
Foster Partners converted from its original organization concept as a partnership to an S Corporation in January 1993.
www.fosterpartners.com /who_we_are.htm   (407 words)

  
 CFR Bio: Richard N. Foster - Council on Foreign Relations
Foster was a senior partner and director of McKinsey and Company, where his most recent position was as managing director of McKinsey's Private Equity practice.
Foster joined the Firm in 1973, was elected partner in 1977, and senior partner in 1982.
Foster is a member of the following boards: Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, where he is chairman of the Organization and Policy Committee; the W. Keck Foundation, where he is chairman of the Medical Research Committee; and the Trust Company of the West.
www.cfr.org /bios/3305/richard_n_foster.html   (512 words)

  
 Foster and Partners
was established in 1963 by Sir Norman Foster and his wife Wendy.
Since its inception the pratice has won scores of awards for design excellence for projects ranging from private homes, conversions and commercial buildings to designing street fixtures and even what is known as door furniture -- its smallest project has been a door handle.
Foster himself remains closely involved in the design process, often preferring the drawing board and sketchbook to the state-of-the-art three-dimensional modelling, visualisation and rendering systems with which the pratice has distinguished itself in the competitive world of architectural design.
whc.unesco.org /events/valencia/us/center/pgs/centr.partners.htm   (497 words)

  
 law.com - Foster Partners
In the light of the Williams case, the state agreed to end four years of fighting a class action alleging that its foster care system was so mismanaged and understaffed that it put children in jeopardy.
Bramlett, with the encouragement of his nine partners, is working full-time on a 2002 class action alleging that foster care and child protective services in Atlanta are both legally and constitutionally deficient.
However, it has taken the highly publicized death of a child in foster care in August 2002 to bring the two sides to the verge of ending the case.
www.law.com /jsp/pc/LawArticleLit.jsp?id=1063212060814   (1636 words)

  
 Norman Foster - Great Buildings Online
Norman Foster was born in Manchester, England in 1935.
Foster was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1983, and in 1990 the RIBA Trustees Medal was made for the Willis Faber Dumas building.
Foster and Partners currently has offices in London, Berlin, and Singapore, with over 500 employees worldwide.
www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Norman_Foster.html   (466 words)

  
 Foster and Partners
Foster and Partners has achieved an international reputation as the world’s leading architects for innovative design and architecture.
Foster and Partners had built and designed their new web site in house, but they wanted to make sure that when they launched it would prove robust and the infrastructure would remain stable and secure.
Imano came on board to test and advise on the launch of the new look-and-feel Foster and Partners web site, the site was built on Macromedia Generator technology linking to a backend SQL server database.
www.imano.com /9_2_foster_and_partners.htm   (323 words)

  
 Foster and Partners - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foster and Partners is a leading firm of architects in the United Kingdom.
Established by Norman Foster as Foster Associates in 1967 shortly after he left Team 4, the company was renamed 'Foster and Partners' in the 1990s to more accurately reflect the influence of the other lead architects.
Another highly influential partner for most of the practice's history was Ken Shuttleworth who was the a key team member in some of their most famous designs, including: 30 St Mary Axe, the Greater London Authority Building, Hong Kong International Airport and the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foster_and_Partners   (410 words)

  
 Foster and Partners Case Study by Asta Development plc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Foster and Partners (www.fosterandpartners.com) is an international studio for architecture, planning and design led by Norman Foster.
The practice needed to be able to identify which individuals were fully utilised on project work and be able to ‘forward plan’ staffing for upcoming projects.
Foster and Partners uses Asta Powerproject to manage the design of landmark buildings including: Swiss Re Headquarter, the Millennium Bridge, the Great Court, at British Museum, and the new German Parliament.
www.astadev.com /case_studies/short/foster_short.asp   (240 words)

  
 Foster Care Month Partners | National Foster Care Month |   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
The National Foster Care Coalition is dedicated to raising public awareness, coordinating advocacy efforts and building diverse alliances that strengthen foster care and community supports for children, youth and families.
The National Foster Parent Association strengthens foster families through nationally focused legislative advocacy, training and education, publications, and providing opportunities for networking among foster parents, state and local foster parent associations and child welfare organizations.
www.fostercaremonth.org /About/Partners   (940 words)

  
 norman foster: biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
few architects have had a more direct experience of the impact of globalisation on the city than norman foster.....................................
found in 1967 (now known as foster and partners).
foster was awarded the RIBA royal gold medal in
www.designboom.com /portrait/foster/bio.html   (434 words)

  
 Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect and designer.
Foster was born in Manchester, England to a working class family.
Foster is currently involved in a dispute with the Couper Collection, a floating art museum near his London offices, regarding his plans to redevelop the area and remove the museum's barges.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sir_Norman_Foster   (928 words)

  
 Foster and Partners’ Moscow City Tower - Wired New York Forum
Foster and Partners’ Moscow City Tower - taller than any other building in Europe - is a striking new addition to the dynamic high-rise skyline of Moscow City.
I'm looking forward to the Foster designed tower 2 which no doubt will put Childs tower in the shade...unless he's been instructed to design something which doesn't detract from the Freedom Tower and show it for the inferior design it is.
3 new Foster and Partners' scrapers for Sydney.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=8769   (1296 words)

  
 Foster Parents Plan - Corporate partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In memory of their friend and colleague Laurie Radloff, Uniglobe staff and friends donated over $75,000 to renovate and equip five vocational schools for girls in Guinea, Africa.
Demonstrating their commitment to children in need, Hopscotch has created a forum for commercial advertising, www.PromoteCharity.com, from which 40% of all revenues generated will be directed toward the work of Foster Parents Plan.
Foster Parents Plan is part of the international organization Plan.
www.fosterparentsplan.ca /CorporatePartners/Default.aspx   (559 words)

  
 Official Opening of Foster Library
Foster and Partners was commissioned for the renovation of the Philology Library in 1997 after entering and winning an architectural competition held by the University and the Berlin Senat Administration for Urban Development for the renovation of an area of campus known as the Rostlaube.
Foster and his team maintained the architectural integrity of the previous structures surrounding the Library while incorporating advanced engineering resulting in a library that is ecologically and environmentally sensitive.
Visit the website of Foster and Partners for more information on the architectural design and history of the project.
www.ffub.us /giving/projects/Official_Opening_of_Foster_Library.html   (315 words)

  
 Hastings Online - About Magazine Issue 22 - Foster and Partners for Pelham Square
Foster and Partners has been chosen as the favoured architects to design Pelham Square.
Of the 2,000 visitors to the exhibition, more than half were in favour of Foster's spectacular design idea.
We need them to see it is the town that is transforming, using the very best of current design to complement the very best of our existing buildings.
www.hastings.gov.uk /about/issue22_foster_partners.aspx   (272 words)

  
 Foster & Partners - Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon :: arcspace.com
Foster and Partners - Musée de Préhistoire des Gorges du Verdon :: arcspace.com
In 1992 Foster and Partners won the international competition to design the Musée de Préhistoire, Europe’s largest museum of prehistory, which opened to the public on April 28, 2001.
The Gorges du Verdon, in Hautes Provence, is an exceptional archaeological site, rich in traces of the life of Stone Age man, to which this new museum is devoted.
www.arcspace.com /architects/foster/Musee_de_Prehistoire/index.htm   (572 words)

  
 Hing & Foster Partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Hing & Foster Partners offers a full spectrum of strategic services spanning mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, capital raising and high value business development transaction.
We have extensive experience in each of these areas while working with clients in various stages in their corporate development; from emerging companies looking to leverage their current technologies and products with a broader audience, to established, public companies looking to invigorate growth or expand their competitive footprint.
You worked full-time to build your business, working with Hing & Foster Partners means you’ve made the decision to let a full-time organization sell your business.
www.hingfoster.com   (295 words)

  
 Foster and Partners Studio London by Norman Foster
Foster and Partners' studio is in an unconventionally-mixed-use building on the south bank of the Thames.
Above the dramatic, double-height studio are five floors of private apartments, topped by a single apartment covering the whole building, which is Norman Foster's private home.
The best view of the building is from across the river from Cheyne Walk, the promenade along the north bank of the Thames.
www.galinsky.com /buildings/foster/index.htm   (255 words)

  
 Fumaças - "Never, never, never give up.": FOSTER AND PARTNERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Foster and Partners is an international studio for architecture, planning and design led by Norman Foster and three partners - Spencer de Grey, David Nelson, and Graham Phillips.
Norman Foster’s philosophy of integration can be seen in the way the practice’s London design studio works; it is essentially one large open space, shared equally by everyone, and free of subdivisions to encourage good communication between the many people who work there.
The practice’s work ranges in scale from Hong Kong’s new airport - the largest construction project in the world - to its smallest commission, a range of door furniture.
fumacas.weblog.com.pt /arquivo/083676.html   (254 words)

  
 Foster and Partners (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In Palo Alto, California, one of Foster's most recent and important projects in the United States can be found.
This project, which was completed in 2000, called for a large adaptable space but was under fairly tight budgetary constraints.
Foster and Partners dealt with the budgetary issues by implementing a design which involved a lot of prefabrication.
webspace.ringling.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /~ehageman/fosterstanford.htm   (139 words)

  
 D.E. Foster Partners, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
D.E. Foster Partners (Foster Partners) began operations on January 2, 1990 following the acquisition of the US executive search practice of KPMG, an international public accounting and consulting firm.
KPMG had offered executive search services for 27 years before the practice was separated from the accounting firm in the interests of client independence.
We are one of the world’s leading executive search consulting firms with an international network of affiliates that extends to over thirty countries.
www.fosterpartners.com   (137 words)

  
 Foster and Partners - Hearst Tower New York, NY :: arcspace.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Foster and Partners - Hearst Tower New York, NY :: arcspace.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)
The building, designed by Viennese exile Joseph Urban and George P. Post and Sons in 1926-27, was designated as a Landmark Site by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1988.
Foster gutted the old building keeping the stone shell, with it’s columns and allegorical figures, wrapped around the base of the 42-story tower.
www.arcspace.com.cob-web.org:8888 /architects/foster/hearst/hearst.html   (459 words)

  
 Hearst Tower - Foster and Partners - Construction Report at ArBITAT Views
Sir Norman Foster's first US building is for the Hearst Corporation, a historic American media empire that was founded by the guy that Citizen Kane was based on.
At some point, it is possible that every building in London may have been designed by Sir Norman Foster...
If you needed further proof as to how busy and prolific Foster and Partners has been recently then this is the book for you.
www.arbitat.com /views/construction/006-01.htm   (135 words)

  
 Hearst Corporation - The Hearst Tower Project
The 46-story, 856,000-square-foot Midtown structure is defined by vertical and horizontal energy-saving, diamond-shaped bands of bright stainless steel.
The design is by AIA Gold Medal recipient and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Lord Norman Foster, Hon.
Cisco Systems Inc. is showing off a massive new WiFi win at the recently-completed Hearst Tower in the heart of NYC, which has just become the first skyscraper in the Big Apple to be awarded "green" status by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
www.hearstcorp.com /tower   (318 words)

  
 Erisa and Insurance Claims Attorney | Foster Law Firm | North Carolina South Carolina SC NC
Our six attorney firm is guided by partners Robin Foster and Rob Hoskins, who have practiced their entire careers with the firm.
Accidents, including auto, slip and fall, defective products, on the job injuries including wrongful death, brain injuries and other serious injury.
Foster Law Firm represents clients in South Carolina and North Carolina in the cities of Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, Columbia, Charleston, Florence, Myrtle Beach, Asheville, Hendersonville and Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro and more.
www.fosterfoster.com   (199 words)

  
 Foster & Partners, Architects, UK, Architecture, Buildings (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This practice is world-renowned and led by Norman Foster
Seagram Building - Foster and Partners to design 62 storey New York skyscraper beside Mies van der Rohe's classic Seagram Building on Lexington Avenue.
Foster & Partners building - Faculty of Management and Design Library - at Robert Gordon University - Aberdeen Buildings
www.e-architect.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /architects/foster_partners.htm   (450 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek - Design - Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court - 2001.0214
ArchitectureWeek - Design - Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court - 2001.0214
However, the opening of its Foster and Partners-designed Queen Elizabeth II Great Court has awakened a sleeping giant.
This refurbishment can best be described as a fusion of conservation and innovation, merging old with new, to finally open up the museum to a new and admiring public.
www.architectureweek.com /2001/0214/design_1-1.html   (293 words)

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