Foster + Partners | Civic Vision
Level 2, Parkline Place, 252 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia
25 October - 21 December 2025, 09:00 - 18:00 daily
Free entry
Foster + Partners | Civic Vision is the first comprehensive exhibition of the practice’s work to be held in Australia, providing an in-depth look at Foster + Partners’ global portfolio of work since it was founded in 1967 by Norman Foster. Situated in Parkline Place – the latest project by Foster + Partners in Australia – the exhibition focuses on its contribution to the urban environment and infrastructure and approaches the city as integral to a collective, sustainable future.
Gerard Evenden, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said: “We are delighted to be putting on this first-of-its-kind exhibition in Sydney – a city we have been working in for more than 25 years. This is a fantastic opportunity to reflect on our holistic approach to civic architecture, which has underpinned our work since the 1960s, and continues to evolve to meet the challenges of today.”
Muir Livingstone, Partner, Foster + Partners, added: “It is a great privilege to showcase the practice’s work in Parkline Place – a project that we have been working on for the past six years – and the new home for our Sydney studio. Our projects in the city exemplify the civic and sustainable approach that the exhibition centres on. From our first Sydney project, Deutsche Bank Place, which features a four-storey public plaza at its base, to our work for Sydney Metro that is transforming the way thousands of people travel across the city.”
Displaying early projects alongside recent developments, the exhibition highlights the durability of the practice’s structures and ideas, as well as their capacity for evolution. By bridging past achievements with contemporary aspirations, Foster + Partners | Civic Vision aims to inspire new perspectives on the city of today, and tomorrow.
The exhibition is organised around three themes: ‘Community + Culture,’ ‘Living + Working,’ and ‘Planning + Mobility.’ It features a variety of the practice’s Australian projects, including Deutsche Bank Place and Salesforce Tower at Sydney Place, as well as groundbreaking designs for Hong Kong including the iconic Hongkong and Shanghai Bank HQ and the Hong Kong International Airport, consistently voted amongst the best in the world, London’s famous ‘Gherkin’ and Berlin’s Reichstag German Parliament. The soon to open Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi will also be on display.
Since the 1960s, Foster + Partners’ work has extended beyond technological innovation to consider more social ends, designing environmental masterplans, carbon-neutral cities while exploring how sustainable design can renew the quality of our urban life. From the outset, considerations of sustainability went beyond energy consumption to enhance the user experience through clarity, function, orientation, light, and aesthetic. These concerns also informed new kinds of civic space, landscape, and infrastructure.
Today, this attitude of civic wellbeing and an ecological focus imbues each new project with a collective spirit and imperative to reach new heights of environmental performance. As the world grapples with environmental challenges, the practice has expanded its approach and expertise. Foster + Partners | Civic Vision looks across time and scale to explore a continued interest in the value of density, the necessity of light and green space, and the interconnectedness of the modern world.
Acknowledgement of Country
We recognise our responsibility to act always in the spirit of respect and reconciliation, particularly because the work we do is closely associated with the shaping of the land and waterways. We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, on whose land Parkline Place and our Sydney studio is located, together with our other built projects. We also acknowledge the Yagara and Turrbal peoples in Brisbane, as well as the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples in Melbourne, two cities where we are currently working.
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Foster + Partners | Civic Vision
Level 2, Parkline Place, 252 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia
25 October - 21 December 2025, 09:00 - 18:00 daily
Free entry
For further information regarding the exhibition in Australia
Kat Vidovic
M: +61 408 426 002
Kat@KatVidovic.com
The exhibition is kindly supported by
• Investa
• Oxford Properties Group
• Mitsubishi Estate Asia
• ERCO lighting
• By Vincenzo
