Astragal: Fosters’ Bloomberg building proves strangely camera shy
Much of the backlash over Foster + Partners’ recent RIBA Stirling Prize win has focused on what, if anything, its Bloomberg HQ gives back to the City
By Astragal 24 October 2018 93 Views
Much of the backlash over Foster + Partners’ recent RIBA Stirling Prize win has focused on what, if anything, its Bloomberg HQ gives back to the City
By AJ news desk 22 October 2018 661 Views
Norman Foster has temporarily stepped back from his role on the board overseeing the planning of a $500 billion mega-city in Saudi Arabia as questions mount over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
By Will Hurst 19 October 2018 111 Views
Amid an escalating crisis over the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi authorities have announced Foster’s place on the advisory board of its $500 billion NEOM project
By Simon Aldous 13 October 2018 65 Views
Simon Aldous’s take on the big architectural stories of the week: Fosters’ Bloomberg HQ wins Stirling Prize • Caruso St John criticises Museum of Childhood changes • Richard Horden dies • Hopkins ITV building axed • Richard Meier steps down
By Richard Waite 12 October 2018 355 Views
Kate Murphy, the project architect and partner in charge at Foster + Partners on the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Bloomberg HQ explains why critics should look beyond the £1 billion price tag
By Richard Waite 11 October 2018 33 Views
Bookmaker William Hill has admitted that Foster + Partners’ RIBA Stirling Prize victory was its ‘worst result’, with more punters backing Bloomberg than any of the other shortlisted schemes
By Richard Waite 11 October 2018 349 Views
Foster + Partners’ ’astounding’ and ‘boundary pushing’ new European headquarters for media giant Bloomberg in London has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize
By Richard Waite and Ella Jessel 10 October 2018 35 Views
The profession reacts to Foster + Partners’ opinion-splitting 2018 Stirling Prize victory. Photo Jim Stephenson
By Astragal 10 October 2018 377 Views
Ex-transport minister and disparager of contemporary architecture John Hayes is at it again
By Simon Aldous 6 October 2018 25 Views
Simon Aldous’s take on the big architectural stories of the week: Foster tower tragedy • Borrowing cap scrapped • Cladding ban confirmed • Macintosh listed building ‘mutilated’