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Humanitas Visiting Professorship in Architecture

Norman Foster

28 - 29 November 2011
University of Oxford

Late November saw Norman Foster once again serve as Humanitas Visiting Professor in Architecture.

Norman Foster is one of the most important architects practising in the world today. He is chairman and founder of Foster + Partners, based in London, with project offices worldwide. Over the past four decades the practice has pioneered a sustainable approach to architecture and ecology through a strikingly wide range of work, from public infrastructure, airports, civic and cultural buildings and workplaces to private houses and product design. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999 and was awarded the Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture in 2002. In 2009, he became the 29th laureate of the prestigious Prince of Asturias award for the Arts.

Lecture

Monday 28 November 2011, 6pm

Heritage and Lessons

The lecture is free and open to all and will take place in the Nelson Mandela Lecture Theatre, Said Business School.

Symposium

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 3:30 - 5:30pm

Future of Airport Capacity

The symposium will address themes arising from the lecture, and will include experts in infrastructure, transport and the environment. It will be chaired by Professor David Banister, Director of the Transport Studies Unit at the School of Geography. The symposium will be held in the Danson Room, Trinity College, Oxford.

To view a film of Norman Foster's lecture, click here. 

To view the poster for Norman Foster's Professorship, click here.