page_title: Norman Foster (architect)
section_title: Cultural[edit]
hierarchical_section_title: Norman Foster (architect) / Selected projects / Cultural[edit]
caption_attribution_description: Español: Aeropuerto de Hong KongEnglish: Hong Kong Airport
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: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK (1978)
  Clyde Auditorium, part of the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre complex, Glasgow (1997)
  Sackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (1985–1991)
  Carré d'Art, [Nîmes, France] 1984–1993
  American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum Duxford, UK (1997) — Stirling Prize
  Redevelopment of the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum (2000)
  The Sage Gateshead, [Gateshead, England], (1997–2004)
  The Zenith, Le Zénith#Le Zénith de Saint-Étienne, St Etienne, France (2004–2007)
  The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, [National Portrait Gallery], Washington, DC (2004–2007)
  Winspear Opera House, Dallas (2003–2009)
  Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [Boston, USA](1999–2010)
  Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, [Astana, Kazakhstan](2006–2010)
  Sperone Westwater Gallery, [New York, USA] (2008–2010)
  Extension to Lenbachhaus art museum, Munich (2013)
  The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland (2004–2013)
caption: Hong Kong airport
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