Foster + Partners Prize: AA Diploma Student Award

The Architectural Association and Foster + Partners are pleased to announce the award of the Foster + Partners Prize, which is presented annually to the AA Diploma student whose portfolio best addresses the themes of sustainability and infrastructure.

Campus Biometropolis Mexico Masterplan

Foster + Partners has been appointed to design the 71-hectare Campus Biometropolis masterplan in the south of Mexico City. Campus Biometropolis will be a centre of medical excellence, integrating care facilities alongside state-of-the-art teaching spaces, research institutions and laboratories.

Yale School: Norman R. Foster Visiting Professorship

Pritzker-Prize laureate and Yale School of Architecture alumnus Norman Foster and his family have donated $3 million to Yale School of Architecture to fund a visiting professorship in his name, Yale University President Richard C. Levin has announced.

Slussen Bridge Competition, Stockholm Contest

Slussen Bridge Competition

Foster + Partners and Berg Arkitektkontor, part of C.F. Møller Architects, have been appointed to design a masterplan for the heart of Stockholm, transforming the waterfront area of Slussen from an urban aberration to a popular destination.

Aurelis Masterplan Duisburg Buildings

Aurelis Masterplan Duisburg design

Foster + Partners has revealed the Aurelis masterplan for Duisburg in the Ruhr region of Germany, which will regenerate a 36-hectare site close to the city centre with a major new commercial and residential hub.

Capella Singapore, Sentosa Island Hotel

Capella Singapore, Sentosa Island Hotel

Foster + Partners’ Capella Resort on Sentosa Island has opened today. Comprising a six-star hotel, villas and a centrepiece garden courtyard, the project frames two carefully restored historic colonial buildings.

Anfa Place, Morocco Buildings: Foster + Partners

Anfa Place – the first project designed by Foster + Partners to break ground in Morocco – is revealed today. A luxury mixed use development overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the scheme extends the city to the coast by creating a thriving new waterfront community to the west of Casablanca.

Torre Caja Madrid Tower Building

Torre Caja Madrid Tower building design

This new headquarters building for Caja Madrid – the largest bank in Spain – continues investigations into the flexible workplace that can be traced through a family of recent office towers, most notably for Swiss Re and Commerzbank.

JFC St Petersburg, Moskovsky Prospeckt Russia

JFC St Petersburg - Moskovsky Prospeckt, Russia

JFC St Petersburg will provide a new kind of destination for the city with a diverse mix of office, retail and residential accommodation. Moskovsky Prospeckt development in Russia, design by Foster + Partners, Architects.

Rimini Waterfront Development Italy, New Building

Rimini Waterfront Development design by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners presented designs for a new waterfront development in Rimini. Revealed at a public presentation to the City last week, the proposal is designed to strengthen the relationship between the town centre and the seafront and to create a year-round attraction for an international tourist industry.