page_title: Norman Foster (architect)
section_title: Government[edit]
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Foster (architect) / Selected projects / Government[edit]
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Reichstagsgebäude von Westen, kurz vor Sonnenuntergang. English: Reichstag building seen from the west, before sunset. Français&#160;: Le Palais du Reichstag coté Ouest avant le coucher de soleil. Русский: Здание рейхстага, вид с запада, перед закатом.
context_page_description: Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI is an English architect. His company, Foster and Partners, has an international design practice. He is the United Kingdom's biggest builder of landmark office buildings.
  He is one of Britain's most prolific architects of his generation. In 1999, he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. In 2009 Foster was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category.
context_section_description: Reichstag building redevelopment in Berlin (1999)
  London City Hall (2002)
  New Supreme Court Building, Singapore (2005)
  Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan — (September 2006)
  Buenos Aires City Hall (new headquarters), Buenos Aires, Argentina  (April 2015 )
caption: Reichstag building
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