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Foster + Partners completes Alibaba’s new Shanghai offices. Earlier this week, a ceremony marked the official opening of Alibaba’s new state-of-the-art offices in Shanghai’s Xuhui Riverside district. Foster + Partners’ design embodies Alibaba’s working ethos and completely reimagines the traditional model of the office, by prioritising public space and transparency, enhancing connections with nature, and creating a wide variety of highly collaborative workspaces that respond to the company’s dynamic team structure. “We are delighted to attend the opening of Alibaba’s new offices. Making full use of this incredible location, our design creates a highly collaborative workplace with a climatically responsive public space at its heart, encouraging people to observe life within the building. Developing this sense of transparency between outside and inside – public and private – has underlined our approach from the very beginning.” Luke Fox, Head of Studio at Foster + Partners. Health and wellbeing are cornerstones of the project, with vast green outdoor terraces – where employees can take in spectacular views of the Huangpu River and Pudong CBD – and the central public space encouraging connections with the outside world. All workspaces have operable windows and can be naturally ventilated, creating a healthy and productive working environment. 🔗 Find out more: https://brnw.ch/21wMqjQ #Shanghai #China #Architecture #Design #Construction #Engineering #Alibaba

One week to go! Next weekend we will be opening the doors to our London campus as part of Open House Festival, an annual celebration of the capital’s architecture. Hosted across several buildings, guests can explore the studio and workshop spaces and take part in interactive exhibitions and workshops. 📆 Saturday 14 September | 10am - 4pm (Last entry 3:30pm) 📆 Sunday 15 September | 10am - 5pm (Last entry 4:30pm) Free to attend, no booking required. To find out more about the festival visit: https://brnw.ch/21wMplA We look forward to seeing you there! Open City #RiversideFestival #OpenHouseFestival #Opencity #OpenHouseLondon #London #Architecture

How can design express, exercise or influence power and social equity through the preservation and protection of distinct cultural identities? 🏗️ On 19 September, Loukia Iliopoulou, Partner and Urban Designer at Foster + Partners, will form part of the panel discussion ‘Preserving Identity Post Disaster: Rebuilding Antakya,’ at London Design Festival. The discussion will cover a designer's role in building resilient cities and communities following a national disaster. Loukia will discuss strategies for revitalisation of Antakya and the wider Hatay province in southeast Türkiye, after the devastating Türkiye-Syria earthquake on 6 February 2023. 📅 19 September 2024 | 16:20—17:10 📍 Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, Victoria & Albert Museum, London 🔗 Find out more: https://brnw.ch/21wMmQ3 🎟️ Book your ticket: https://brnw.ch/21wMmQ1 #Architecture #Construction #Design #AntakyaMasterplan #LondonDesignFestival

In a recent article with Interior Design Magazine, Armstrong Yakubu, Senior Partner and Architect at Foster + Partners, discusses pushing architectural Boundaries. From growing up in Nigeria, to career highlights and design philosophy, Armstrong shares his journey. In this article, Armstrong explores some of Foster + Partners most influential projects, including the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters, The Reichstag, New German Parliament and the Great Court at the British Museum ‘Reducing carbon is about doing the most with the least. We all have to deal with the climate crisis. And I feel the best buildings relate to history. You can see that with the Reichstag in Berlin. The dome is transparent, and it is very clear what is old and what is new. It is the same with the covered plaza at the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court in London’s British Museum. The interventions show the passage of time by being true to history.’ 🔗 Read the full article: https://brnw.ch/21wMl6s Images: 2: Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Headquarters, Hong Kong © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners 3: Reichstag, New German Parliament, Berlin © Reinhard Görner 4: Great Court at the British Museum, London © Nigel Young / Foster + Partners #Architecture #Design #Construction #Engineering

In a recent interview, Felicity Wright, a Journalism Graduate invited Suzan Ucmaklioglu, Inclusive Design Specialist at Foster + Partners to delve into how architecture embraces neurodiversity in the built environment. "The way we embrace inclusive design is by focusing on people and their experiences which ultimately leads to designing integrated spaces that function for everyone as a whole, and doesn’t become this add-on extra." Suzan Ucmaklioglu, Inclusive Design Specialist at Foster + Partners. 🎥 Watch the "Beyond Blueprints" interview: https://lnkd.in/epzGCYWs #InclusiveDesign #Neurodiversity #BuiltEnvironment #Architecture #Design #Construction

Tune in to the Smithsonian Channel this Sunday for the third instalment of How Did They Build That? and discover the design process behind Soundport, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S. Occupying a pivotal waterfront position alongside the Øresund crossing, just north of Copenhagen International Airport, sites Soundport, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S. Bordered by predominantly low-rise development, the building affords fantastic views towards Malmö and the Swedish coast – where the company was founded. This episode will feature knowledge from Grant Brooker, Senior Executive Partner and Head of Studio and David Kong, Partner and Architect. 📺 How Did They Build That? Series 3 episode 3 airs Sunday 1 September at 21:00 (ET)/20:00 (CT). #Architecture #Design #Construction #Engineering #FerringPharmaceuticals #HowDidTheyBuildThat #Innovation

In a recent article with World Architecture Community, Laura Narvaez Zertuche, PhD, Partner and Urban Designer at Foster + Partners, explored the integration of AI into urban development, emphasising its potential to shape sustainable smart cities. ‘Technology should not dictate our behaviour with the world, but should honour our social contracts, enrich our heritage, and preserve our environment. In essence, it should help us inhabit the world in a much more sustainable manner… I believe that the path to more sustainable cities and the adoption of new technologies lies in urbanizing these technologies. By doing so, we can create more operational urban AIs, which are essential for the sustainable cities of the future.’ 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/eCCRa8YK #Ai #UrbanDesign #SmartCities #Design #Architecture

Join us for this year’s Open House Festival 🗝️ Hosted across Foster + Partners’ London campus, the festival welcomes the public to explore the different studio spaces, take part in interactive exhibitions and workshops, and gain an insight into the wide range of disciplines and skills that the practice uses to design projects across the globe. On Saturday 14 September, we will be hosting a British Sign Language Deaf Led tour, guided by experienced tour guide John Wilson. The tour offers the deaf community with an interest in architecture, design and the built environment a free unique opportunity to explore our London campus. 📆 Saturday 14 September | 10am - 4pm 📆 Sunday 15 September | 10am - 5pm 🔗 To find out more about the festival visit: https://brnw.ch/21wMaTM Open City #OpenHouseFestival #OpenHouse #OpenHouseLondon #OpenCity #London #Architecture #OpenDoor #StudioTour #BSLTour

Plans for new 54-story tower in Miami have been revealed. Nigel Dancey, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said: “The tower’s tapered form unifies its various functions, enhances structural efficiency, and creates an elegant marker on the Miami skyline. An environmentally responsive facade draws on Florida’s vernacular architecture, with a louvred shading system to create a comfortable internal environment, while maximising views out from this amazing location.” #Architecture #Design #Miami