LA Apple Store brings the outdoors inside with tree-lined retail space

Apple and Foster + Partners’ longstanding collaboration continues with the completion and opening of their latest Apple Store. Located in The Grove shopping complex in Los Angeles, California, customers enter through huge glass doors to a tree-lined re… Continue reading LA Apple Store brings the outdoors inside with tree-lined retail space

Foster + Partners winery blends into beautiful French landscape

We often associate high-profile firm Foster + Partners with massive projects like the 50 Hudson Yards skyscraper, but its most recent work is far more modest in comparison. Named Le Dôme Winery, the building is designed to take its place well among the… Continue reading Foster + Partners winery blends into beautiful French landscape

Stunning pavilion shaded from Dubai sun with airplane-inspired facade

Carlo Ratti Associatti’s Italian Pavilion is one of several architectural installations at Expo 2020 Dubai. Another high-profile contribution comes from British firm Foster + Partners. Named Alif, it features a stunning exterior design that helps keep … Continue reading Stunning pavilion shaded from Dubai sun with airplane-inspired facade

Brain research center uses passive smarts to keep scientists cool

The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences in Jerusalem is described by designer Foster + Partners as “inspired by science.” It’s defined by an eye-catching laser-cut exterior that helps shade the interior while also paying homage to a pioneer… Continue reading Brain research center uses passive smarts to keep scientists cool

Foster + Partners drapes Greece’s tallest tower in greenery

Greenery covered buildings are all the rage lately, which makes sense – most people would rather spend their time surrounded by nature, after all. The Marina Tower from Foster + Partners will not only grow to be the “first green high-rise building in G… Continue reading Foster + Partners drapes Greece’s tallest tower in greenery

Apple and Foster + Partners restore 1920s glamor to LA movie theater

Designed by prolific American architect S. Charles Lee and originally opening back in 1927, the Tower Theatre has seen a lot of changes over the years. It was Los Angeles’ first movie theater capable of showing “talkies” and, thanks to its distinctive … Continue reading Apple and Foster + Partners restore 1920s glamor to LA movie theater

Foster + Partners transforms historic Rome building into Apple Store

Foster + Partners’ latest project sees the high-profile British firm reprise its winning partnership with Apple to design a flagship Apple Store in Rome. The project modernizes the 19th century Palazzo Marignoli building while taking care to retain its… Continue reading Foster + Partners transforms historic Rome building into Apple Store

Foster + Partners to plant a lush forest oasis on the edge of Bangkok

Recent projects from Foster + Partners have seen the high-profile British firm enlivening its architecture with significant amounts of greenery, as in the Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Centre and One Beverly Hills, for example. This trend continues with Th… Continue reading Foster + Partners to plant a lush forest oasis on the edge of Bangkok

Foster + Partners’ library offers a shaded oasis in the UAE

High-profile British architecture firm Foster + Partners has completed a new library in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Designed with the local climate in mind, the glazed building is shaded by a large overhanging roof and screens, and offers respite f… Continue reading Foster + Partners’ library offers a shaded oasis in the UAE

Foster + Partners’ hardy luxury villas rise in the Arabian dunes

Following news of its under-construction airport and Coral Bloom hotel, Foster + Partners has created yet another hotel to become part of the massive Red Sea Project desert development in Saudi Arabia. Named Southern Dunes, it will get electricity from… Continue reading Foster + Partners’ hardy luxury villas rise in the Arabian dunes