Roger Ridsdill Smith

Senior Partner, Head of Structural Engineering

MA (Cantab) CEng FIStructE P.E. (NY, CA) S.E. (UT)

Roger joined Foster + Partners in 2011 to set up the Structural Engineering team based on technical excellence with an emphasis on the design of complex or tall structures. He gained his degree in structural engineering from Cambridge University and began his professional career in Paris. He then became a director at Arup London, where he ran a multidisciplinary engineering group. Roger is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College and has won the IABSE Milne Medal 2017 and the Royal Academy of Engineering 2010 Silver Medal.

Roger Ridsdill Smith

Marseille Vieux Port

2013

Maggie’s Manchester

2016

Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago

2017

270 Park Avenue

2025

Château Margaux

2015

UAE Pavilion Milan Expo 2015

2015

Tocumen International Airport

2022

Al Sa'ad Plaza Towers

2024

Vatican Chapel, Pavilion of the Holy See

2018

425 Park Avenue

2022

Apple Piazza Liberty

2018

Le Dôme Winery

2021

The Tulip

Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic

2019

Apple Union Square, San Francisco

2016

Techo International Airport

2025

Ocean Towers

2020

Narbo Via

2021