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

425 Park Avenue

2022

King Salman International Airport

The Tulip

Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago

2017

Tocumen International Airport

2022

Apple Union Square, San Francisco

2016

Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Center Cairo

2025

270 Park Avenue

2025

Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic

2019

The Grid

2026

UAE Pavilion Milan Expo 2015

2015

Apple Piazza Liberty

2018

Techo International Airport

2025

BDO Unibank Inc. Campus

2028

Al Sa'ad Plaza Towers

2025

Le Dôme Winery

2021

Château Margaux

2015

Ocean Towers

2020

Marseille Vieux Port

2013

Narbo Via

2021

Maggie’s Manchester

2016

La Garenne-Colombes

2014

Vatican Chapel, Pavilion of the Holy See

2018

New images of landmark Blackfriars project revealed

2025