Foster + Partners: Masterplan for Marseilles old port displayed at MIPIM (FR) The project will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianized public realm. The transformation of the World Heritage-listed port is one of a series of projects to be completed in time for the city’s inauguration as European Capital of Culture in 2013. More »

More European construction firms head to Qatar (UAE) More than $106 billion (€80.4 bln )of major projects will be awarded between now and 2022 in the Gulf state, with significant investment in oil and gas, heavy industry, electricity generation and water desalination, social infrastructure and transportation links, figures from MEED’s 2011/12 Qatar Projects report. More »

Official opening of Masdar Institute campus, first solar powered building at Masdar City (UAE) Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE... More »

Foster + Partners designs first office headquarters in Argentina (UK/AR) Plans for the energy-efficient building, which will occupy an entire city block in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios, echo its park-side... More »

Grand opening of Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center, world's tallest tensile structure (KZ) The tent-like, cable-net structure is located at the northern end of the new city axis and soars 150 meters from an elliptical base to form the highest peak on the Astana skyline. More »

Hopkins Architects scoops top design prize at Architectural Awards for Yale University Hall (UK/US) The project has been awarded LEED Platinum. The judges were impressed... More »

Official opening for The Langley Academy (UK) The environmental features of the Langley Academy save 20% in water consumption and approximately 150 tonnes of CO2 per year compared to a traditional academy. More »

Bishops Place granted approval by Hackney Councils planning committee (UK) The revised scheme includes 233 Shoreditch High Street (the Light Bar building) and will open up a 1.3-hectare site in the heart of London, which is currently largely inaccessible to the public. More »

Foster + Partners: Competition win for major sustainable master plan in South Korea (UK/KR) The 300-km² master plan will extend organically from a central transportation spine. More »

Foster + Partners Beijing International Airport named Building of the Year by the UKs architects (UK/CN) Foster + Partners' award-winning design for Terminal 3 at Beijing International Airport. More »

Foster + Partners appointed to design Slussen master plan in central Stockholm (SE) An artist’s impression of a new waterfront area in Slussen. For... More »

Foster + Partners unveils the Aurelis masterplan for Duisburg (DE) The Aurelis masterplan occupies a prime location – the Alter Güterbahnhof – close to Duisburg’s arterial road network and the main railway station, which is just 10 minutes by train from Düsseldorf airport. More »

Foster+Partners and Buro Happold design four stations for Saudi Arabia's new high-speed railway (SA/UK) Passing via Jeddah and the King Abdullah Economic City, the new HHR service will be operated by state-of-the-art, high-speed trains, capable of reaching speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. More »

A new five-star hotel close to Heathrow is granted approval (UK) The five-star hotel will be developed by Riva Properties. The... More »

Foster + Partners unveils designs for new mixed-use community in Paris at MIPIM (FR/UK) The result of a close collaboration with EPAD, the City of Courbevoie, Atelier de Paysage Urbain and Département de Hauts-de-Seine, the... More »

Ivorypress launches Art + Books in Madrid (ES) Located on the lively Comandante Zorita in central Madrid, the building’s double frontage has been completely glazed, with direct access to the light-filled bookshop at ground level. More »

Third RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship is announced (UK) Formerly a biennial programme, the scholarship – established in 2006 – has proved popular in attracting submissions from RIBA validated colleges all over the world. More »

New office development opens in Paris (FR/UK) The offices occupy a prime position within the mixed-use development and a transparent atrium maintains an important visual link between the river Seine on one side and a new park on the other. More »

Hearst Tower wins the 2008 International Highrise Award The jury praised the project for defying the “traditional stacking or the repeated extension of the same floor plate”, citing Hearst Tower as a “prototype for future high-rise developments. More »

Foster + Partners join peak oil and energy security taskforce (UK) The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK’s Energy Future is published by the newly-formed UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security, and is the first multi-company alarm bell to be sounded on the issue. More »