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Fostering the future: after the triumph of Beijing, what comes next for Foster + Partners?(the future)

The word 'brand' is one to use with extreme caution in connection with architecture. It suggests a resort to self parody, and the production of buildings that go through the motions of an applied formula, with the intention of producing recognisable signature buildings as a substitute for thinking or creativity.

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What Norman Foster has done with Foster + Partners is anything but that. In fact it is clear that for better or worse, both he and the firm have a continuing hunger for new forms, and new approaches. But Foster has built one of the strongest international architectural brands, which skilfully combines the aura of an individual star, with ...

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