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Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

British architect (born 1935)

  • Fame58.1
  • Momentum0.6
  • Architects rank#39
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  • Fame58.1
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Born 1935 · age 91United Kingdom
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    66 languages
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  • Age
    91
    Born 1935
  • Awards
    20
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

The man who built the skyline. Norman Foster turned glass and steel into the language of modern cities—from London's Gherkin to Hong Kong's airport—defining what high-tech architecture looks like when it scales.

Biography

About

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 architect…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank

Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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Part of the art of being an architect is to be a good listener. But I also believe in always providing strong leadership.
— Harvard Business Review
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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[Makes a good architect] an open mind, energy, an appetite for hard work, a willingness to explore new solutions and push boundaries. A sense of humor is also helpful.
— Harvard Business Review
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle.
— theguardian.com.
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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I'm amazed to be here still and doing all this. But then I look at Oscar Niemeyer in Rio, who was a hero of mine when I was a student at Manchester.
— theguardian.com.
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank
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I like to find things from unexpected sources. I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.
— gq-magazine.co.uk.
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Fame
Stable
58.1
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Score components
Momentum0.6
Historical25.1
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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Category rank
#39
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  • Wikipedia
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