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Foster + Partners to design six-runway ‘aerotropolis’ in Saudi Arabia
Foster + Partners is designing a six-runway, 57km2 mega-airport to serve the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh
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News stories and completed buildings by the UK’s biggest architecture practice, led by Norman Foster
Fosters wins planning for timber-framed replacement of 1950s housing block
Westminster City Council has approved Foster + Partners’ plan to demolish a 1950s housing block in west London and replace it with two seven-storey buildings as part of a major mixed-use development
Fosters breaks ground on Bilbao Fine Arts Museum extension
Work on a €22 million Fosters + Partners-designed extension to the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum in northern Spain has begun
Foster + Partners distances itself from Qatar controversies over workers’ treatment
Foster + Partners, the concept designer behind the centrepiece stadium for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, has sought to distance itself from the controversies surrounding the treatment of workers on the project
Foster + Partners lands design of major new Polish airport
Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a new airport in Poland, beating six leading global practices in the process
Foster + Partners completes EU’s tallest building
Foster + Partners has completed the 53-storey Varso Tower in Warsaw, which, at 310m-high, is currently the tallest tower in the European Union (EU)
Ombú, Madrid: a very different kind of Fosters building
Ombú, Foster + Partners’ retrofit of a Madrid warehouse to create more than 10,000m2 of workspace, breathes new life into a historic building while being carbon neutral in operation
Foster + Partners completes cantilevered waterfront workplace HQ in Copenhagen
The six-storey building, a new headquarters for Ferring Pharmaceuticals, sits on a large plinth to protect it from possible flooding
Foster + Partners designs double-decker temporary fix for Hammersmith Bridge
Foster + Partners has submitted plans for a temporary double-decker structure to assist the repair programme for Hammersmith Bridge in west London
Foster + Partners’ contentious Kent winery heads to public inquiry
The client behind Foster + Partners’ plans for a winery and tourist centre in rural Kent has appealed against its rejection