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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect born in 1935 in Manchester, England. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester and Yale University, also serving in the Royal Air Force. Foster established several firms throughout his career including Foster Associates, Sir Norman Foster & Partners, and Foster + Partners. Some of his most notable works include the Reichstag building in Berlin, which he renovated to become the parliament of the reunified Germany in the 1990s, and the Hearst Tower in New York, a renovation of a six-story art deco building completed in 2006.

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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect born in 1935 in Manchester, England. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester and Yale University, also serving in the Royal Air Force. Foster established several firms throughout his career including Foster Associates, Sir Norman Foster & Partners, and Foster + Partners. Some of his most notable works include the Reichstag building in Berlin, which he renovated to become the parliament of the reunified Germany in the 1990s, and the Hearst Tower in New York, a renovation of a six-story art deco building completed in 2006.

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    Norman Foster is a renowned British architect born in 1935 in Manchester, England. He studied architecture at the University of Manchester and Yale University, also serving in the Royal Air Force. Foster established several firms throughout his career including Foster Associates, Sir Norman Foster & Partners, and Foster + Partners. Some of his most notable works include the Reichstag building in Berlin, which he renovated to become the parliament of the reunified Germany in the 1990s, and the Hearst Tower in New York, a renovation of a six-story art deco building completed in 2006.

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    NORMAN FOSTER

    As an architect you design for the present,


    with an awareness of the past, for a future
    which is essentially unknown.
    EARLY LIFE
    1935 - Born in working class family in Manchester
    1965 - Enrolled in University of Manchester for Architecture
    1961 - Yale University of Architecture for Masters

    Apart from studies he also served as Military service in Royal Air Force
    for two years.
    1954 - 1962 : Early Freelance Works
    1963 - 1967 : Team 4 with Su Brumwell, Wendy Cheesman & Richard
    Roggers
    1967 - 1992 : Foster Associates
    1992 - 1999 : Sir Norman Foster & Partners
    1999 - 2006 : Foster & Partners
    2006 - : Foster + Partners
    Collaborations with Buckminister Fuller
    PHILOSOPHY
    • Context and Regionalism
    • Adaptive Reuse
    • Flexibility
    • Advanced Technology
    • Integration
    • Regenration
    REICHSTAG (1992-1999)
    ORIGINALLY A NEO-CLASSICAL PARLIAMENT FOR GERMANY
    ART PIECE BY JEAN CLAUDE
    ORIGINAL DESIGN IDEA
    HEARST TOWER (2000-2006)
    SIX STOREY ART DECO BUILDING

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