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Lord (Norman) Foster of Thames Bank (Architect)

Norman Foster was born in Manchester, England in 1935. He received his architectural training at Manchester University School of Architecture, which he entered at age 21, and Yale University. He worked with Richard Rogers and Sue Rogers and his wife, Wendy Foster, as a member of Team 4 until Foster Associates was founded in London in 1967.

The high tech vocabulary of Foster Associates shows an uncompromising exploration of technological innovations and forms. The firm's work also shows a dedication to architectural detailing and craftsmanship.

Their designs emphasise the repetition of industrialised modular units in which prefabricated off-site-manufactured elements are frequently employed. The firm often designs specialist components for individual projects.

Foster was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects, Royal Gold Medal in 1983, and in 1990 the RIBA Trustees Medal was made for the Willis Faber Dumas building. He was knighted in 1990, and received the Gold Medal from the Association of Industrial Archaeology in 1994. On June 7th 1999, Lord Foster became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.

Foster and Partners has offices in London, Berlin, and Singapore, with over 500 employees world-wide.