“Norman Robert Foster, (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice. He is Britain's most prolific builder of landmark office buildings. In 2009 Foster was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category.
He was one of the architects who turned things around by proving that to make good buildings, it would not be necessary to abandon the principles of Modernism—clear structure, lucid forms—but simply to apply them with new rigor and imagination.
During the past 25 years, Foster has been the architect behind some of the most famous additions to the global skyline, including the Swiss Re headquarters in London that everybody calls the Gherkin and the Hearst Tower in New York City. Above all, he has been a pioneer among green architects. His headquarters for the Commerzbank in Frankfurt, completed in 1997, was the first ecologically correct office tower, with a central atrium that features multistory gardens that create natural ventilation. Foster doesn't merely prove that great architects can be great designers. He proves that they can be good citizens too.”
In my opinion Foster is a great architect and he has a excellent talent/skills and his buildings shows well this talent. The buildings are fantastic and they are a modern vision.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1647860_1647834_1644309,00.html
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