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	Norman Foster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect and designer.
		Foster is known by the British tabloid newspapers as "Lord Wobbly", due to structural problems with his Millennium Bridge.
		Norman Foster is the second UK architect to win the Stirling Prize twice: once for the American Hangar at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 1998 and again for 30 St Mary Axe in 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norman_Foster (775 words)

	Sir Norman Foster - MSN Encarta
		Foster has been a key figure in modern architecture since the early 1980s and is noted for his artistic merger of high-tech materials and design.
		Foster was born in Manchester, England, and began studying architecture and town planning at Victoria University of Manchester in 1956.
		Foster’s international reputation grew with commissions for the Carré d’art (1984-1993), a cultural center in Nîmes, France; Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport (1992-1998); and the remodeling of the Reichstag (1992-1999), Germany’s parliament building in Berlin.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701702056/Sir_Norman_Foster.html (546 words)

	Norman Foster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Foster was born in Manchester Manchester quick summary:
		Foster and partners is a leading firm of architects in the united kingdom....
		(Foster was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] in 1999.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/n/no/norman_foster.htm (1668 words)

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		Foster explored the technical and structural possibilities of buildings and became one of the leading figures in high-tech architecture.
		Sir Norman Foster and Partners is a design group with offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hong Kong, London and Tokyo.
		Sikkens is therefore proud that the collaboration with Sir Norman Foster has resulted in such a contemporary collection with such an individual signature.
	www.sikkens.co.uk /en/Colours/Collections/SirNormanFoster.htm (415 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| First among equals
		With other projects, Foster's involvement may be restricted to the regular project reviews, but these are key to the way the practice controls what is going on and to maintaining a consistency of approach.
		Ask Foster where ideas emerged from in a particular building - half expecting to have a sketchbook opened to show those key early squiggles - and Foster is uncertain.
		Foster and Partners would certainly not have got where it has without the focused drive and architectural talent that Foster brings.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/09/12/bagw.xml (896 words)

	norman foster
		few architects have had a more direct experience of the impact of globalisation on the city than norman foster.....................................
		norman foster is one of the most innovative architects of our time.
		'foster is forcing us to eat soup with a fork, and with a very well-designed
	www.designboom.com /portrait/foster.html (87 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Norman Foster: Building the future
		The philosophy statement of his company Foster and Partners - which employs 500 people at studios in London, Berlin and Hong Kong - says that in recognition of architecture being a public art, each project "is sensitive to the culture and climate of its place".
		Norman Foster, grew up in a working class area of Manchester, left school, got his job in the treasury department and did his national service in the RAF, where he trained in electronics and aviation.
		Lord Foster decided the traditional exposure of ducts and pipes was not only aesthetically displeasing, but a waste of energy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/742087.stm (967 words)

	Foster, Norman Robert - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Foster, Norman Robert
		Foster has won numerous international awards for his industrial architecture and design, including RIBA awards for the Stansted project and the Sackler Galleries extension at the Royal Academy of Art, London (1992).
		In 1998 Foster and Partners were awarded the Stirling Prize – the RIBA/Sunday Times Building of the Year award for the American Air Museum in Duxford, England.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Foster,+Norman+Robert (221 words)

	1999 Laureate Announcement
		Among the many Foster and Partners on-going projects throughout the world, some of the highest profile are the world's largest airport in Hong Kong, which opened this past year; the new Great Court for the British Museum; and the creation within Berlin's historic Reichstag of a new German Parliament.
		Foster attracted attention in 1971 when he was able to deliver a permanent office building to IBM in Cosham, at the cost and within the time-frame of temporary quarters.
		Sir Norman Foster is as fine a planner as architect, which enriches the total value of the achievement in urbanistic and human terms.
	www.pritzkerprize.com /99announce.htm (2012 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| \| Norman Foster index
		The projects are the latest in a series of landmark buildings and other structures that Foster and Partners have designed in the past few years - most in the company's trademark glass and steel.
		Norman Foster said driving across it was like 'flying a car'.
		In 1992, Foster won a competition to restore Germany's parliament building in Berlin.
	arts.guardian.co.uk /gallery/0,8542,1376126,00.html (338 words)

	Norman Foster - Great Buildings Online
		Norman Foster was born in Manchester, England in 1935.
		He worked with Richard Rogers and Sue Rogers and his wife, Wendy Foster, as a member of "Team 4" until Foster Associates was founded in London in 1967.
		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.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Norman_Foster.html (479 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| Newsmakers \| Lord Foster: Stormin' Norman
		Born in Manchester in 1935 and brought up in its run-down Levenshulme district, Norman Foster was a bookish youth, fascinated by Meccano and, in particular, by two books.
		Removing the demarcation between workers and management, the building was a 32,000 square foot box, with large moveable panels acting as walls and with only the kitchens, toilets and plant room as permanent structures.
		"Great architecture", says Norman Foster, "should wear its message lightly." Perhaps this philosophy is the reason why, even with his wobbly bridge, his reputation as the foremost urban stylist of the age goes from strength to strength.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/1796173.stm (974 words)

	Structurae [en]: Lord Norman Robert Foster (1935-)
		Foster, Norman Bürogebäude in ökologischer Verantwortung / Office Buildings and Environmental Responsibility, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", September 2002, n.
		Foster, Norman Millenium Bridge, Londýn/London, in "zlatý rez", n.
		Foster, Norman Viaduct Millau, Francie/ France, in "zlatý rez", n.
	en.structurae.de /persons/data/index.cfm?ID=d000042 (317 words)

	Norman Foster - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He cofounded Team 4 with Richard Rogers, whom he met at Yale and in 1967 founded Foster Associates.He collabrated with Buckminster Fuller on several projects between 1971 and 1983; these projects were catalysts in the development of an environmentally sensitive approach to design.
		He is known to some in the UK — pejoratively — as an über- or superstar-architect, the accusation being that certain architects are given preferential status based on their fame.Foster's critics dismiss his ideas as a dystopian, rather than utopian, dream.
		Recently one of Norman Foster's senior project architects, Ken Shuttleworth, who was responsible for some of Foster's best known buildings such as the GLA and "The Gherkin", left to set up the architectural practice Make [2] Some people believe that Shuttleworth was the driving force behind Foster in recent years.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Norman_Foster (755 words)

	norman foster: biography
		foster worked for two years in the city treasurer's
		foster was awarded the RIBA royal gold medal in
		norman foster has lectured throughout the world and has
	www.designboom.com /portrait/foster/bio.html (434 words)

	Twiice International - Lord Norman Foster
		Norman Foster studied town planning and architecture at Manchester University and in 1961 received a fellowship which allowed him to travel to the United States to attend Yale University where he obtained his master’s degree.
		Sir Norman Foster has been knighted and received a life tribute in Britain’s House of Lords.
		Foster & Partners was established in 1967 and furniture, such as the Airline Seating range for Vitra, and other products including cutlery and door handles are designed there.
	www.twiice.com /content.asp?id=1000000047 (108 words)

	Norman Foster at ArBITAT Architects
		His design lost to Norman Foster who proposed a large, horizontal canopy that would be built over the entire building.
		Foster may have won, but over time his design began to shift suspiciously close in spirit to Calatrava's.
		Norman Foster's "blade of light" bridge, connecting St Paul's Cathedral and the brand new Tate Modern, with handrails designed to deflect the river winds over pedestrians.
	architects.arbitat.com /foster (674 words)

	Alibris: Norman Foster
		by Sophia Behling, Stefan Behling, Norman Foster (Foreword by)
		Long before terms such as "green" and "sustainability" became fashionable, Norman Foster was designing buildings that were environmentally sensitive and highly adaptable.
		Preserved by Foster as part of his concept of the Reichstag as a living museum of...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Foster,Norman (771 words)

	Amazon.com: Norman Foster Works 4: Books: David Jenkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There are 15 contributors (including Foster himself), with a nice text-to-illustration ratio (there are 1000 illustrations in b&w, 1000 in color), and a layout that resembles a thoughtful architecture textbook.
		The most recent works of Norman Foster are the focus of the latest instalment of a monumental multi-volume retrospective that celebrates in unprecedented detail the architect’s remarkable career.
		norman foster team continues to show real architectural solutions to many of our modern problems such as urban density, office stress, environmental, energy, and etc. through spatial changes and technological innovations.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3791328522?v=glance (835 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Norman Foster: a Global Architecture: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The first part of the book gives us an insight into how Foster's work is significant to its surroundings, how he originally established himself, and how he works today, with a feature on his UK headquarters of Riverside Three.
		We are told of how Foster broke from this team to establish himself, which in my opinion made his career.
		The book shows us how Foster's style has developed and the books information brings us right to the present day, finishing with his work on the Reichstag, and The Great Court.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0789302632 (429 words)

	Norman Robert Foster
		Norman Foster has occupied the forefront of his profession with notable examples of his work worldwide.
		His London based company, Norman Foster Associates is the main focus for his extensive professional practice.
		Norman Foster has received over 230 awards for design excellence.
	www.rwa.org.uk /nfoster.htm (236 words)

	CNN.com - Building a sustainable future - May 16, 2005
		Foster: "Architects have a vital role as advocates of sustainable solutions."
		If we are to avoid the environmental damage wrought by the unsustainable patterns of the past, then the established and emerging economies must act in unison and with urgency before it is too late.
		-- Lord Foster is principal of Norman Foster and Partners, London.
	edition.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/europe/05/11/foster.visionary (776 words)

	The Royal Academy of Arts : : Sky High: Lectures
		Norman Foster RA, internationally renowned architect and curator of Sky High, part of this year's Summer Exhibition, talks about Foster and Patrner's own skyscraper designs, including 30 St Mary's Axe in London, which is now nearing completion.
		Architect Edward Cullinan RA introduces the models and drawings that he and Michael Manser RA have selected for the architecture room and discusses SKy High, a display curated by Norman Foster, which focuses on the future of tall towers.
		David Marks of Marks Barfield Architects (best known for the London Eye) will talk about his new Skyhouse project, where the challenge is to create high quality, sustainable and affordable homes for a city in which space comes at a premium.
	www.royalacademy.org.uk /?lid=888 (335 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Foster to build Ground Zero tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lord Foster has been chosen to build an office tower at the World Trade Center site in New York.
		Norman Foster joins half-a-dozen architects, including Frank Gehry and Santiago Calatrava, who have been hired since the mass murder terror attacks of September 11, 2001, to design different projects at the 16-acre site.
		Silverstein hired Lord Foster to build a 2.4-million square-foot tower with ground-level shopping space and an underground concourse connecting workers to the new transit hub.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=2414092005 (476 words)

	Recommended UK Website: Norman Foster & Partners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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.
		There is also a strong interest in city planning and the infrastructure of communication.
	www.archinet.co.uk /norman-foster-and-partners.asp (268 words)

	Amazon.com: Norman Foster Works 1: Books: David Jenkins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Today, this Pritzker Prize-winning architect is famous for such monumental structures as Hong Kong’s new international airport, the rebuilding of the Reichstag in Berlin, and the Great Court at the British Museum in London.
		This survey of more than forty years of work demonstrates how, over a period of tremendous social and technological transformation, Foster and Partners continue to adhere to the themes and concerns that have always shaped their work.
		Richly illustrated with photographs and drawings, and featuring text by Norman Foster, this catalogue explores all aspects of the practice’s achievements as urban planners, architects, and industrial designers.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3791325345?v=glance (635 words)

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