Designer

Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners is a British international architecture firm headquartered in London. According to Wikipedia it was established by Norman Foster in 1967, shortly after he left his first studio, Team 4, and it was called Foster Associates…

Biografia

Background

Foster + Partners is a British international architecture firm headquartered in London. According to Wikipedia it was established by Norman Foster in 1967, shortly after he left his first studio, Team 4, and it was called Foster Associates before taking its present name in 2006. Molteni&C credits the firm's industrial design studio, Foster + Partners Industrial Design, with products designed for Molteni&C.

Signature Style

Molteni&C says the studio has rested on art, craftsmanship and the science of making for decades, and develops products at every scale, from tables to turbines, with manufacturers, artisans and start-ups. It names sustainability and a "design through making" approach as guiding principles, and says the practice works as part of an integrated design practice built on collaboration.

Notable Works

For Molteni&C, the designer page lists five pieces: the Ava table, the Arc tables for indoor and outdoor use, the Teso coffee table and the Vicino table
Architecture, according to Wikipedia: the Great Court of the British Museum, the renovation of the Reichstag in Berlin, 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin) in London, Hearst Tower in New York, the Millau Viaduct and Hong Kong International Airport

Legacy

Molteni&C reports more than 620 awards and commendations and more than 100 national and international competitions won, with projects on six continents. Wikipedia adds that the firm has won the RIBA Stirling Prize, among them in 1998 for the Imperial War Museum, in 2004 for Swiss Re and in 2018 for Bloomberg London.