Norman Foster
Norman Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank of Reddish, OM, HonFREngis a British architect whose company, Foster + Partners, maintains an international design practice famous for high-tech architecture...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 December 1903
Norman Foster quotes about
affair broad fairly flight flown huge love since thousands travel
I love flying; I love aircraft, and you could say I've had a love affair with flight since I was a child. I travel a huge amount. I use airports, and as a pilot, I've flown in and out of airports thousands of times, so really, I have a fairly broad perspective.
beginnings britain far quite university
In Britain the idea one could go from blue-collar beginnings to the university was so far out, it was quite unthinkable.
architects role vital
Architects have a vital role as advocates of sustainable solutions.
would-be impossible architect
If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.
expression architecture values
Architecture is an expression of values.
spiritual cutting technology
Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.
nice frustration logos
I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 prints of the logo on it - why do they do this?
unexpected habit source
I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.
numbers eternity should
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ...
ive-learned building something-new
Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.
design firsts sketching
I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.
mobility citing building
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.
livable town
The Italians have long known what makes a livable town or city.
allowed believe couple hilarious medieval people smashing streets tons
We now think it hilarious that medieval streets were used as open sewers. Equally, our descendants will say: 'You won't believe this, but people were once allowed to hurl a couple of tons of dangerous metal around smashing into each other.'