Jamie Fobert

CBE
Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962 (age 61)
Ontario, Canada
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
OccupationArchitect
PracticeJamie Fobert Architects
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James Earl Fobert, CBE (born November 5, 1962) is a British architect and designer.

Career

Jamie Fobert studied architecture in his native Canada, at the University of Toronto.[1] He arrived in London in 1988[2] and was employed for eight years at David Chipperfield Architects.[3] During that time, he worked on a house for Nick Knight.[4] In 1996, he established his own practice, Jamie Fobert Architects.[5]

Since then, his work has ranged from individual houses to retail, including Givenchy and Versace, and significant public buildings for the arts.[6] His practice has won a number of public commissions for cultural organizations including Tate St Ives[7] and Kettle's Yard[8] and, due to be completed in 2023, the National Portrait Gallery, London.[9]

He is a Trustee of the Camden Arts Centre[10] and The Architecture Foundation.[11] In 2020, he was appointed CBE in the Queen's New Year Honours, for services to architecture.[12]

Awards

Jamie Fobert Architects has won awards including several RIBA Awards. In 2018, Tate St Ives was awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year[13] and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize.[14] In 2019, the practice won the BD Architect of the Year Award,[15] in recognition of an outstanding body of work in the field of public buildings.

References

  1. ^ "Head space: Architect Jamie Fobert". The Independent. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ^ Landau, Jack (17 November 2015). "U of T Daniels Lecture: Jamie Fobert "Working in Architecture"". UrbanToronto. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ Ashenburg, Katherine (9 June 2019). "Meet Canada's undercover starchitect, Jamie Fobert, who's set to transform Britain's National Portrait Gallery". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ^ Glancey, Johnathan (2 December 2004). "Concrete achievements". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ^ Long, Kieran (September 2003). "Jamie Fobert". Icon (architecture magazine). Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ Bernstein, Fred (28 March 2018). "See How One of Britain's Rising-Star Architects Works Magic in Impossible Sites". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ "The new Tate St Ives opens – Press Release". Tate.
  8. ^ "Jamie Fobert on the new Kettle's Yard". Kettle's Yard. 9 February 2018.
  9. ^ "This architect is remodelling the National Portrait Gallery". Evening Standard. 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Contact".
  11. ^ Allford, Simon. "The Architecture Foundation Board of Trustees | Architecture Foundation". www.architecturefoundation.org.uk.
  12. ^ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/856352/New_Year_Honours_List_2020.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  13. ^ "Museum of the Year 2019". Art Fund.
  14. ^ Wilson, Rob (October 2018). "RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: Tate St Ives by Jamie Fobert Architects". Architects Journal.
  15. ^ "Jamie Fobert crowned Architect of the Year". Building Design.
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