David Summerfield

Senior Executive Partner, Head of Studio

David joined Foster + Partners in 1992, going on to be a design lead for the award-winning McLaren Technology Centre, the Monaco Yacht Club as well as the Panthalassa Iguazu yacht. Recently completed projects include the DY Patil University Centre of Excellence in Mumbai, the Xiao Jing Wan University in Shenzhen and the renovation and expansion of the Norton Museum of Art in Florida. He was a lead designer on Apple Park, while also designing several of the company’s flagship stores across the world. David has also completed several luxury residential projects including 551 West 21st Street and 100 East 53rd Street in New York, and a number of private villas in Bodrum, Turkey. He is currently working on the revitalisation of the Transamerica Pyramid precinct in San Francisco, a sustainable office development on Alton Road in Miami, as well as One Beverly Hills, a luxury mixed-use development in California.

David Summerfield

Project Experience

Alibaba Shanghai Campus

2024

Apple Aventura

2019

Amaravati Masterplan

2026

Copenhagen Towers

2015

Apple Champs-Élysées

2018

Apple Fifth Avenue

2019

California High-Speed Rail

2030

Winterisation of Tents with the British Red Cross

2017

Yacht Club de Monaco

2014

Panthalassa, sailing yacht

2009

Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic

2019

Norton Museum of Art

2019

Alen Yacht 68

2014

Oceanwide Center

Xiao Jing Wan University

2016

Crossrail Place Canary Wharf

2015

Palace of Peace and Reconciliation

2006

Apple Sanlitun

2020

50 United Nations Plaza

2015

OVO Hydro

2013

Avenida Cordoba 120

2025

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

2010

Apple Al Maryah Island

2022

Ireo City

2022

AQWA Corporate

2018

Apple Marina Bay Sands

2020

Apple Downtown Brooklyn

2018

Sperone Westwater

2010

270 Park Avenue

2025

Apple The Exchange TRX

2024

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