Jamie Fobert<br>
| Jamie Fobert | |
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| Born | 5 November 1962 Ontario, Canada |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| 💼 Occupation | Architect |
Jamie Fobert (born November 1962) is a London-based Architect and Designer and director of Jamie Fobert Architects.
Career[edit]
Jamie Fobert studied architecture in his native Canada[1], at the University of Toronto. He arrived in London in 1988 and worked for eight years at David Chipperfield Architects.
Since he established Jamie Fobert Architects in 1996, his work has ranged from individual houses to high quality retail and significant public buildings for the arts. His practice has won a number of major public commissions for cultural organizations including Tate St Ives[2] and Kettle’s Yard[3] and, due to be completed in 2023, the National Portrait Gallery, London[4].
Jamie lectures and teaches widely and has a deep involvement in the arts, including being a Trustee of the Camden Arts Centre[5] and The Architecture Foundation[6].
Awards[edit]
Jamie Fobert Architects has won awards including several RIBA Awards. In 2018, Tate St Ives was awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year[7] and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize[8]. In 2019, the practice won the BD Architect of the Year Award[9], in recognition of an outstanding body of work in the field of public buildings.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-architecture/article-meet-canadas-undercover-starchitect-jamie-fobert/
- ↑ https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/new-tate-st-ives-opens
- ↑ https://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/about/news/jamie-fobert-new-kettles-yard/
- ↑ https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/design/national-portrait-gallery-redesign-james-fobert-a3773501.html
- ↑ https://www.camdenartscentre.org/contact/
- ↑ https://www.architecturefoundation.org.uk/about/board
- ↑ https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/museum-of-the-year
- ↑ https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/riba-stirling-prize-2018-tate-st-ives-by-jamie-fobert-architects/10035492.article
- ↑ https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/jamie-fobert-crowned-architect-of-the-year/5099220.article
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