Norman foster
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Product • By Focus • Filiofocus bioethanol
Filiofocus bioethanol
The bioethanol Filiofocus 1600 opens an exciting new chapter in the history of this stylish, award-winning centrepiece, originally created for the architect Norman Foster.
With its conical hood suspended over a floor-standing f ire basin, the Filiofocus 1600 asserts itself as a work of art in its own right. With a hearth diameter of 1.12 m and requiring a ceiling height of just 2.80 m minimum (not connected), it offers Focus’s radical elegance in a size suited to contemporary spaces.
Its design is equally iconic and inviting, with the fire on its welcoming hearth visible from everywhere in the room. An attribute that has won over the many design enthusiasts in the hotel and restaurant industry who have chosen a Filiofocus for their... More
Product • By Focus • Filiofocus gas
Filiofocus gas
In the autumn of 2000, star architect Norman Foster commissioned Dominique Imbert, artist and founder of Focus, to create a custom-designed model for the vast reception hall of the head office of a major company in the UK.
The gas Filiofocus 2000 (central) was designed for this specific commission. It was then developed in a second, scaled-down 1600 version. Following its creation, the Filiofocus made history by winning a gold medal in the Trophées du Design at the Batimat trade show in Paris, as well as a silver medal for design at the Concours de Design in Stuttgart.
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The Filiofocus is available in two versions: wood-burning and gas. Both feature a tapering conical hood that is 1600 or 2000 mm in length, and a hearth... More
Product • By Focus • Filiofocus wood
Filiofocus wood
In the autumn of 2000, star architect Norman Foster commissioned Dominique Imbert, artist and founder of Focus, to create a custom-designed model for the vast reception hall of the head office of a major company in the UK.
The gas Filiofocus 2000 (central) was designed for this specific commission. It was then developed in a second, scaled-down 1600 version. Following its creation, the Filiofocus made history by winning a gold medal in the Trophées du Design at the Batimat trade show in Paris, as well as a silver medal for design at the Concours de Design in Stuttgart.
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The Filiofocus is available in two versions: wood-burning and gas. Both feature a tapering conical hood that is 1600 or 2000 mm in length, and a he... More
News • News • 22 May 2023
Holcim + Norman Foster Foundation unveil homes for displaced people in the Venice Architecture Biennale
On the occasion of the 18th Biennale of Architecture in Venice, Holcim and Norman Foster Foundation inaugurate the Essential Homes Research Project. The housing concept was designed by Norman Foster for displaced communities who are used to living in temporary settlements for years, providing the necessary needs of safety, comfort, and well-being.
@Chiara Becattini
Norman Foster, President Norman Foster Foundation, quotes “How can we ensure everyone, including some of our world’s most vulnerable populations, can have access to decent living conditions? During the Venice Biennale we show our work-in-progress on this idea; the outcome of a few months of intensive activity in collaboration with Holcim.”
Holci... More
News • News • 12 May 2023
Centre Pompidou hosts the largest retrospective on Norman Foster’s work
Largest retrospective on British Architect Norman Foster’s oeuvre over the past six decades launches at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, in the presence of the French Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak and the president of the venue, Laurent Le Bon.
Nigel Young / Foster + Partner
Nigel Young / Foster + Partner
Spanning 2200sqm, the exhibition is curated by the Deputy Director of the MNAM-CCI (Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre de Création Industrielle), Frédéric Migayrou, designed by Norman Foster and executed in collaboration with Foster + Partners and Norman Foster Foundation.
Nigel Young / Foster + Partner
The exhibition hosts an exceptional collection explored through the le... More
News • News • 7 Nov 2022
Foster + Partners complete the soaring, structurally expressive 425 Park Avenue tower in Manhattan
Located in Manhattan alongside Modernist icons including the Seagram Building, Lever House, and the CBS Building, the recently completed 425 Park Avenue by Foster + Partners is the first full-block office building added to Park Avenue in over 50 years.
Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Standing a total of 47-storeys in height, the building features a triple-height lobby, world-class office accommodation, external green spaces, and a 38-foot-tall penthouse floor. By offsetting the core and bracing the structure, the tower also offers flexible, open floorplates that can accommodate future changing requirements of the contemporary office space.
Nigel Young / Foster + Partners
Following detailed modelling and analysis of the s... More
News • News • 15 Oct 2021
RIBA crowns Kingston University Town House by Grafton Architects as UK’s best new building with 2021 Stirling Prize
After Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg in 2018 and Mikhail Riches’ Goldsmith Street in collaboration with Cathy Hawley in 2019, Grafton Architects’ Kingston University Town House wins the 25th RIBA Stirling Prize.
Ed Reeve
“Kingston University Town House is a theatre for life – a warehouse of ideas. It seamlessly brings together student and town communities, creating a progressive new model for higher education, well deserving of international acclaim and attention. In this highly original work of architecture, quiet reading, loud performance, research and learning, can delightfully co-exist. That is no mean feat. Education must be our future – and this must be the future of education.”
- Lord... More
Product • By PORCELANOSA • NOKEN - TONO
NOKEN - TONO
Together, Foster & Partners and Porcelanosa Bathrooms have strived to develop an uncommon collection, in which all individually produced components work simultaneously in a holistic, harmonious way. Tono is defined by the options and flexibility that it offers. Almost any configuration is possible. Unified by a common, simple language of design and a palette of complementary materials and colour tones, the minimalist aesthetic highlights the honesty of the material, the simplicity of the form and the art of manufacturing. It is a full, integrated bathroom with a limitless selection of finishes and materials. More
Project • By Foster + Partners • Nightclubs
New building for the Yacht Club de Monaco
The yacht club is the symbolic centrepiece of Monaco’s remodelled harbour front. Celebrating the principality’s spectacular coastline and its nautical heritage, its series of deck-like terraces that step up along the harbour to offer unrivalled views out to races at sea, or inland over the course of the renowned Formula 1 Grand Prix circuit. The building is located on an area of reclaimed land, which extends the city’s existing marina eastwards and can accommodate a range of craft, from sailing boats to 100-metre super yachts.
The club is entered via a glazed atrium that frames views out over the harbour to the palace. On the first floor are a clubroom, bar and restaurant. Above is a double-height function space, and above that an apar... More
Project • By LGM Studio / Architectural Photography • Concert Halls
Winspear Opera House
Personal project More