Editing Foster and Partners (section)

{{Short description|British design, architecture, engineering and planning firm}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Foster and Partners
| logo = Foster and partners.svg
| image = Foster and Partners London Office.jpg
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
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| predecessor = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=y|1967}}
| founder = [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank| Norman Foster, Lord Foster of Thames Bank]], Founder and Executive Chairman
| hq_location_city = [[London, England]]
| hq_location_country = [[United Kingdom]]
| locations = 
| area_served = International
| key_people = {{ubl| Norman Foster, Founder and Executive Chairman
[[Spencer de Grey]], Senior Partner, Head of Design
Stuart Latham, Managing Partner<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spocchia |first1=Gino |title=Would you work in Saudi Arabia? |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/would-you-work-in-saudi-arabia |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=Architect's Journal |date=29 April 2024 |quote=Stuart Latham, managing partner and senior executive partner at Foster + Partners, tells the AJ: ‘Saudi Arabia is rapidly opening up to the rest of the world}}</ref>}}
| industry = [[Architecture]], [[engineering]], [[urban planning]]
| products = 
| services = Architecture, Design, Industrial Design
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| owner = 
| num_employees = 1,900<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rogers |first1=Dave |title=Fosters sees income break through £400m figure |url=https://www.building.co.uk/news/fosters-sees-income-break-through-400m-figure/5133098.article |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=Builders |date=2 December 2024}}</ref>
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| homepage = {{URL|fosterandpartners.com}}
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}}

'''Foster and Partners''' (also '''Foster + Partners''') is a British international [[architecture firm]] with its headquarters in [[London]], England. It was founded in 1967 by British architect and designer [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]]. The firm has been involved in the design of major projects around the world, including [[the Gherkin]] in London, the [[Luigi Einaudi]] university campus in [[Turin]], the [[Hearst Tower (Manhattan)|Hearst Tower]] in New York City,<ref name=FastCompany09>{{cite news |last1=Kuang |first1=Cliff |title=Norman Foster's No Good, Rotten, Very Bad Week |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1165458/norman-fosters-no-good-rotten-very-bad-week |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=Fast Company |date=13 February 2009}}</ref> the 1990s renovation of the [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]] in Berlin,<ref name=WaPo17>{{cite news |last1=Cohen de Lara |first1=Max |last2=Mulder van der Vegt |first2=David |title=These 5 architectural designs influence every legislature in the world — and tell you how each governs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/04/these-5-designs-influence-every-legislature-in-the-world-and-tell-you-how-each-governs/ |access-date=29 November 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |issue=4 March2017 |date=}}</ref> the [[Millau Viaduct]] in France,<ref name=NYT23>{{cite news |last1=Nayeri |first1=Farah |title=Norman Foster Is Still Looking Upward |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/arts/design/norman-foster-centre-pompidou.html |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=New York Times |date=10 May 2023}}</ref> and [[Hong Kong International Airport]].<ref name=NYT19>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Gillian |last2=Specia |first2=Megan |title=Hong Kong Airport, a City's Symbol of Pride, Is Now Its Hub of Unrest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/world/asia/hong-kong-airport-protests.html |access-date=5 September 2023 |work=New York Times |date=13 August 2019}}</ref>

In addition to architectural design, the firm's practice encompasses engineering<ref name="ArchNews21">{{cite news |last1=Hickman |first1=Matt |title=Foster + Partners sold to a Canadian private investment firm |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/10/foster-partners-sold-canadian-private-investment-firm/ |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=The Architect's Newspaper |date=11 October 2021}}</ref> and industrial design.<ref name=Wallpaper22>{{cite news |last1=Bertoli |first1=Rosa |title=Leading light: Foster + Partners' Industrial Design shines bright |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/leading-light-as-two-new-lamps-and-past-triumphs-go-on-show-in-london-foster-partners-industrial-design-department-is-still-shining-brightly |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=Wallpaper |date=30 August 2022}}</ref> As of 2021, the firm had approximately 1,500 employees in [[New York City]], [[Hong Kong]], and [[Madrid]].<ref name="ArchNews21"/> The firm has won the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]]<ref name="ArchDigest23">{{cite news |last1=Fazzare |first1=Elizabeth |title=Norman Foster Is More Invested in the Future Than Ever |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/architect-norman-foster-invested-future |access-date=7 September 2023 |work=Architectural Digest |date=12 May 2023}}</ref> and the [[Stirling Prize]].<ref name=CNN18>{{cite news |last1=Prisco |first1=Jacopo |title=Bloomberg's European HQ named UK's best new building |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/riba-stirling-prize-winner-2018/index.html |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=CNN |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> By 2024, Foster + Partner earned more than half a billion dollars in fees.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Ian |date=2025-01-20 |title=Norman Foster’s Empire of Image Control |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/27/norman-foster-profile |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> 40% of Foster + Partner's fees were paid by clients in the Middle East.<ref name=":1" />