Today, Manuela Carmena, mayor of Madrid, and Norman Foster, president of the Norman Foster Foundation, inaugurated the Foundation in Madrid by hosting the Future is Now forum. The forum was held in the Royal Theatre and brought together 1,800 attendees, including 1,100 students from national and international universities as well as members of a rising generation of professionals interested in architecture, art, new technology and culture - areas in which the Foundation is focusing its work. The event was dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary thinking as a means of helping up-and-coming architects, urbanists and designers from various fields anticipate the challenges of the future. Watch the Forum here.
June 1, 2017
The Norman Foster Foundation officially opens in Madrid
Selection of press articles:
William Hanley. "Seeing the Future", Surface Magazine. November 2017
Jesús Rodríguez. "Norman Foster, el zurdo tenaz". El País Semanal. October 2017
Harriet Thorpe. "School of life: the Norman Foster Foundation HQ opens in Madrid". Wallpaper. June 2017
Joseph Giovannini. "The Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid Is an Architecture Lover’s Dream". Architectural Digest. June 2017.
Thomas Aquilina. "Norman Foster Foundation launched in Madrid". Riba Journal. June, 2017.
Javier Pes. "Norman Foster unites his archives and art under one roof". The Art Newspaper. June, 2017.
Zach Edelson. "Can technology and design save us? Norman Foster Foundation’s first forum ponders the challenges" The Architects Newspaper, June 2017
David Cohn. "Norman Foster Inaugurates Foundation in Madrid" Architectural Record, June 2017
Bernhard Schulz. "Einfach mal die Zukunft designen" Der Tagesspiegel, June 2017
Elena Pita. "Norman Foster inaugura la sede de su fundación en Madrid: "Construimos casas, pero no creamos comunidades"". Fuera de Serie, May 2017
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa. "El cerebro de Norman Foster". El País, May 2017
Antonio Lucas. Norman Foster: "Nuestro presente es extraño y desequilibrado". El Mundo, May 2017
