Hasta La Ideas

Well, it looks like it’s continuing to be tough times for Norman Foster. Following low notes like his loss of the Russia Tower project back in June and his mass layoffs at the start of the year, Architect’s Newspaper now has the inside scoop that Foster has lost the $121 million restoration of 50 UN Plaza in San Francisco. Per usual, it was because of the money — though this time around, it wasn’t about not having any or running out, but rather, controversy over a British starchitect’s firm landing a stimulus bill-supplied, federally-funded job. As the Newspaper sees it, now the government’s funding arm is trying to back-peddle, saying Foster (and another, Bay Area local firm, ESL) was never given the job and that reports that he had were never finalized. Whatever the case, it seems like a bad day for Foster, but a good one for architects in the area who are back in the running (well, everyone but ESL).

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