Brandon Haw gained his Batchelors Degree in architecture from the Bartlett School of Architecture and later went on to receive his Masters degree from Princeton University in the USA.

With over 20 years experience at Foster + Partners, he has worked on numerous projects from the ITN Headquarters building in London to masterplans in Kings Cross, Barcelona, Washington and more recently in India. He was the resident Director responsible for the Commerzbank Headquarters Building in Frankfurt, Europe's tallest and the world's first 'green' skyscraper. He later went on to design the Al Faisaliah Tower and mixed use development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In Canary Wharf, London he was also responsible for the HSBC World Headquarters tower and the Citicorp Headquarters building.

Returning to New York, where he lived before joining Foster + Partners in 1987, he was responsible for the competition entry for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site after 9/11. As a result he went on to design the 80 storey Tower 2 currently under construction with its distinctive cut diamond top. He was also the senior partner responsible for the award winning Hearst Tower on 57th Street, Manhattan's first gold LEED certified office tower and numerous other residential projects in the city including the 63 storey Shangri-La hotel on Lexington Avenue.

As leader of one of the practice's Design Groups over the past 4 years with a portfolio of projects ranging from the SECC Arena in Glasgow to the Elephant House in Copenhagen, his role has expanded more recently to concentrate on new emerging markets with a growing number of projects in India and Latin America. In this capacity, his wealth of experience with clients from all parts of the world can be bought to all Design Groups in the office.

More recently, he has been responsible for the practice’s international development with a growing number of projects in India and South America. In this capacity, his role has a practice-wide resonance, as the teams are able to draw upon his wealth of experience both in design and international co-operation. For clients, he provides continuity from the first contact through to the design process as it evolves, with the design group assigned to the project. He ensures that there is a clear understanding of the needs of the client at the outset, and a clear delineation of responsibilities on both sides.