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… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
I love flying; I love aircraft, and you could say I've had a love affair with flight since I was a child.… — Norman Foster Copy Share Image
Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard… — Norman Foster Copy Share
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. — Norman Foster Copy Share
Everything we design is a response to the specific climate and culture of a particular place. — Norman Foster Copy Share
Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. It's also,… — Norman Foster Copy Share
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's… — Norman Foster Copy Share
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… — Norman Foster Copy Share
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit. — Norman Foster Copy Share
The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as… — Norman Foster Copy Share
When the Great Fire of London destroyed most of the medieval city in 1666, Christopher Wren was invited to design a new one. Within… — Norman Foster Copy Share
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting… — Norman Foster Copy Share
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere. — Norman Foster Copy Share
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ... — Norman Foster Copy Share
A life-threatening illness or two certainly gives you an awareness of your own mortality. It heightens your sense of gratitude for things that previously,… — Norman Foster Copy Share
