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The AIA gratefully
acknowledges the
following sponsors
of our 150th Anniversary
celebration:
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Founders Circle:
$1,000,000:
McGraw-Hill
Construction,
Official Media
Sponsor
Autodesk,
Official Software
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Year Awarded: 1994
Born: June 01, 1935;
Manchester, England
Quote
How do our buildings communicate with the planet? How do they reduce energy or use recyclable materials? What makes a building green?
—at the Bentley International User Conference, Philadelphia, expressing his passion for the environment
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Video (Real Player required)
Introduction to Gold Medal ceremony by Charlie Rose (1:43)
Documentary, architecture of Sir Norman Foster (8:52)
Jane Alexander speech and presentation of Gold Medal (4:05)
Gold Medal acceptance speech (10:59)
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• 2005: National Police Memorial—The Mall,
London
• 2005: Library of the Philological Faculty, Free University
of Berlin
• 2004: Millau Viaduct, France
• 2001: La Poterie Metro Station, Rennes, France
• 2001: J Sainsbury Headquarters, Holborn Circus, London
• 2001: Expo MRT Station, Singapore
• 2000: Greater London Authority Building
• 1999: Great Court of the British Museum, London
• 1999: Reichstag, New German Parliament
• 1999: Millennium Bridge, London
• 1998: Valencia Congress Center
• 1998: Hong Kong International Airport
• 1998: Aspire National Training Center
• 1997: Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow (“The
Armadillo”)
• 1995: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
• 1994: Joslyn Art Museum Omaha, Neb.
• 1993: Carre d'Art, Nîmes, France
• 1992: Cranfield University Library
• 1989: Stockley Park Offices, London
• 1986: HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters Building
• 1982: Renault Distribution Center
• 1977: Sainsbury Center
• 1974: Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich
• 1971: IBM Pilot Head Office, Cosham, England
Biography
Born into a working-class family, Norman Foster was a good
student. He showed an early interest in architecture, but left
school early to work for two years in the city treasurer's office
and to study commercial law. After his service in the Royal Air
Force, he worked in a bakery and a factory, and he sold
furniture.
Foster studied architecture at Manchester University School of
Architecture and City Planning, which he entered when he was 21; he
graduated in 1961. While at Manchester, he won a number of
scholarships, including a Henry Fellowship that allowed him to
attend Yale University in the United States, where he earned an
MArch.
Foster worked briefly with Buckminster Fuller. Then in 1963, he
formed the firm Team 4 with Richard Rogers, whom he had met at
Yale, along with their wives, Sue Rogers and Wendy Foster. In 1967
Team 4 dissolved and Foster and his wife formed Foster Associates
in London.
Foster has won many of the highest awards given in his profession.
In 1983 he won the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. In 1990 he received the
RIBA Trustees Medal for the Willis Faber Dumas building. That same
year, he was knighted by the queen of England.
In 1994, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the Arts and
Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France. In 1997 he was
appointed by the Queen to the Order of Merit. On June 7, 1999,
Foster was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. On June 12, it
was announced in the Queen's birthday honors list that Sir Norman
Foster was created a life peer, taking the title Lord Foster of
Thames Bank.
Foster has won RIBA’s Stirling Prize twice. All told, he has
received more than 50 awards and prizes in his 30-year career. In
addition, his firm has received more than 190 awards and citations
for excellence and has won more than 50 national and international
competitions since its inception.
Foster’s buildings are often mechanical-looking structures
that explore technologically innovative ideas and forms. He often
designs special components for his buildings that can be used as
repeating, modular elements and that are prefabricated offsite. His
projects are purposely based on responsible, ecological concepts,
including green spaces and minimizing energy use; he has even used
natural ventilation in large skyscrapers. He is as concerned with a
building’s internal light and the functionality of the
interior environment as with the external appearance; his interiors
are often designed for flexibility with multi-use considerations.
For these reasons, Foster’s projects are transformational to
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