Lord Foster of Thames Bank

The architect, Norman Foster, is chairman and founder of Foster + Partners. 

For over four decades the company has been responsible for a strikingly wide range of work and has project offices in more than twenty countries. Current and recent work includes Beijing Airport, Millau Viaduct in France, the Swiss Re tower and the Great Court at the British Museum in London, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and research centres at Stanford University, California. In addition to a host of personal medals, the practice has received 470 awards and citations for excellence and has won more than 86 international and national competitions. Lord Foster maintains the importance of drawing in his practice.