Editing Foster and Partners (section)

==History==
The firm was established by Norman Foster in 1967,<ref name="ArchDigest23"/> shortly after leaving his first studio, [[Team 4]].<ref name=dezeen23>{{cite news |last1=Ravenscroft |first1=Tom |title="There are a lot of dangerous myths" about sustainability says Norman Foster |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/01/19/norman-foster-sustainability-interview/ |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=dezeen |date=19 January 2023}}</ref> The firm was originally called '''Foster Associates''' before the name was changed to  '''Sir Norman Foster + Partners''' and then '''Foster + Partners''' in 1999.<ref name=Guardian99>{{cite news |last1=Glancey |first1=Jonathan |title=The Guardian Profile: Sir Norman Foster, The Master Builder |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 1999}}</ref>

The firm was chosen by [[Robert Sainsbury]] to design the [[Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts]], which was completed in 1978.<ref name=ArchitectMag16>{{cite news |last1=Rybczynski |first1=Witold |title=Biography of a Building |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/biography-of-a-building_o |access-date=26 October 2024 |work=Architect magazine |date=18 February 2016}}</ref> Located at the [[University of East Anglia]] in [[Norwich, England]],<ref name=Guardian18>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Rowan |title=Forty years of hi-tech: from the Sainsbury Centre to Apple Park |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/18/superstructure-hi-tech-architecture-1960-1990-sainsbury-centre-for-visual-arts-uea-norman-foster |access-date=26 October 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=18 March 2018}}</ref> the 500 foot-long steel structure was designed to house the Sainsbury’s art collection, and was the firm’s first public building.<ref name=ArchitectMag16 />

In 1979, Foster + Partners won an international competition to design the new [[HSBC]] headquarters in [[Hong Kong]].<ref name=Dezeen19>{{cite news |last1=Astbury |first1=Jon |title=Norman Foster is high-tech architecture's international figurehead |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/11/norman-foster-high-tech-architecture/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Dezeen |date=11 November 2019}}</ref> When the building was completed, it was the most expensive building in the world.<ref name=Dezeen19/>

The firm was chosen to renovate the [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]] in Berlin after being selected in a design competition in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Douglass-Jamies |first1=David |title=AD Classics: New German Parliament, Reichstag / Foster + Partners |url=https://www.archdaily.com/775601/ad-classics-new-german-parliament-reichstag-foster-plus-partners |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=ArchDaily |date=2 November 2015}}</ref> The renovation was completed in 1999.<ref name=Dezeen19 />

Foster + Partners was selected to be architect of a new skyscraper in London to be built on the site of the [[Baltic Exchange (building)|Baltic Exchange building]], which had been heavily damaged by an IRA bomb in 1992.<ref name=BBC00>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/893161.stm |title='Erotic gherkin' for London skyline |publisher=BBC News |date=23 August 2000 |access-date=7 February 2010 |archive-date=9 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909130419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/893161.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> The building, known as 30 St Mary Axe or its nickname, “[[The Gherkin]],” was completed in 2004 for [[Swiss Re]].<ref name=BBC14>{{cite news |title=London's Gherkin sold to Brazilian billionaire |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-29988282 |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=BBC |date=10 November 2014}}</ref>

In 2001, construction began on the Norman Foster-designed [[Millau Viaduct]] spanning the [[Gorges du Tarn|Tarn Gorge]] in southern France. The bridge was completed in 2004 and as of 2024 was the tallest bridge in the world.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buckley |first1=Julia |title=How the world’s tallest bridge changed the map of Europe |url=https://www.cnn.com/travel/millau-viaduct-tallest-bridge-construction/index.html |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=CNN |date=20 August 2024}}</ref> 

In 2007, the private equity company [[3i]] took a stake in the firm.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Architect Norman Foster sells stake to 3i|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/architect-norman-foster-sells-stake-to-3i-idUSL11173065/|website=Reuters|date=August 9, 2007|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref>

The firm was approached by [[Steve Jobs]] in 2009 to develop 75 acres in [[Cupertino, California]] into the new headquarters of Apple; Jobs consulted on the design until his death in 2011.<ref name=Wired17>{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Steven |title=Inside Apple's Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership |url=https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/ |access-date=15 October 2024 |work=Wired |date=16 May 2017}}</ref> The campus, known as [[Apple Park]], cost $5 billion and opened in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tibkin |first1=Shara |title=Apple Park: Normal people like you can now visit |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/apple-park-visitor-center-ar-augmented-reality-open-to-public/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=CNET |date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

The practice regained complete ownership in June 2014, when the 140 partners bought it back from 3i.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rogers|first1=David|title=Foster's buys out private equity stake|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/fosters-buys-out-private-equity-stake/5069471.article|website=[[Building Design]]|access-date=2 July 2014|date=1 July 2014}}</ref>

In October 2021, a significant stake in the firm was bought for an undisclosed sum by a Canadian private investor, [[Jay S. Hennick|Hennick]] & Company, which became the single largest shareholder of the firm. Foster retains a controlling interest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/breaking-news-foster-and-partners-sold-to-private-equity-firm/5114098.article|title=Breaking news: Foster & Partners sold to private equity firm|first=Elizabeth|last=Hopkirk|date=11 October 2021|publisher=Building Design Online|access-date=11 October 2021}}</ref>