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

UAE Pavilion Milan Expo 2015

2015

Château Margaux

2015

Magdi Yacoub Global Heart Center Cairo

2025

Ocean Towers

2020

Al Sa'ad Plaza Towers

2025

The Grid

2026

Techo International Airport

2025

425 Park Avenue

2022

Marseille Vieux Port

2013

Maggie’s Manchester

2016

Narbo Via

2021

Apple Michigan Avenue, Chicago

2017

Tocumen International Airport

2022

Apple Piazza Liberty

2018

Le Dôme Winery

2021

The Tulip

BDO Unibank Inc. Campus

2028

La Garenne-Colombes

2014

King Salman International Airport

270 Park Avenue

2025

Vatican Chapel, Pavilion of the Holy See

2018

Apple Union Square, San Francisco

2016

Samson Pavilion, CWRU and Cleveland Clinic

2019

New images of landmark Blackfriars project revealed

2025