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# Generated: 2026-09-01T09:22:04.577Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 1 June 1935, Foster came up through British modernism and co-founded Foster Associates in 1967, a practice that would become Foster + Partners—now the largest architecture firm in the United Kingdom with projects spanning continents. His work became synonymous with high-tech architecture: structures where the engineering isn't hidden but celebrated, where transparency and precision drive the form. The Pritzker Prize followed in 2000. In June 2017 he opened the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid, a global platform to push interdisciplinary research and help the next generation of architects anticipate what cities will demand next.