Jamie Fobert

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Jamie Fobert
CBE
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Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962 (age 62)
Ontario, Canada
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Toronto
OccupationArchitect
PracticeJamie Fobert Architects
Buildings

James Earl Fobert, CBE (born November 5, 1962) is a British architect and designer.

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Career

Jamie Fobert studied architecture in his native Canada, at the University of Toronto. [1] He arrived in London in 1988 [2] and was employed for eight years at David Chipperfield Architects. [3] During that time, he worked on a house for Nick Knight. [4] In 1996, he established his own practice, Jamie Fobert Architects. [5]

Since then, his work has ranged from individual houses to retail, including Givenchy and Versace, and significant public buildings for the arts. [6] His practice has won a number of public commissions for cultural organizations including Tate St Ives [7] and Kettle's Yard [8] and the National Portrait Gallery, London. [9] [10]

He is a Trustee of the Camden Arts Centre [11] and The Architecture Foundation. [12] He was appointed CBE in the 2020 New Year Honours, for services to architecture. [13]

Awards

Jamie Fobert Architects has won awards including several RIBA Awards. In 2018, Tate St Ives was awarded the Art Fund Museum of the Year [14] and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize. [15] In 2019, the practice won the BD Architect of the Year Award, [16] in recognition of an outstanding body of work in the field of public buildings.

References

  1. ↑ "Head space: Architect Jamie Fobert". The Independent . 2 May 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Landau, Jack (17 November 2015). "U of T Daniels Lecture: Jamie Fobert "Working in Architecture"". UrbanToronto . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Ashenburg, Katherine (9 June 2019). "Meet Canada's undercover starchitect, Jamie Fobert, who's set to transform Britain's National Portrait Gallery". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Glancey, Johnathan (2 December 2004). "Concrete achievements". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Long, Kieran (September 2003). "Jamie Fobert". Icon (architecture magazine) . Retrieved 21 November 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ Bernstein, Fred (28 March 2018). "See How One of Britain's Rising-Star Architects Works Magic in Impossible Sites". Architectural Digest . Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "The new Tate St Ives opens – Press Release". Tate.
  8. ↑ "Jamie Fobert on the new Kettle's Yard". Kettle's Yard. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "This architect is remodelling the National Portrait Gallery". Evening Standard. 22 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery, Westminster". The RIBA Journal. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Contact".
  12. ↑ Allford, Simon. "The Architecture Foundation Board of Trustees | Architecture Foundation". www.architecturefoundation.org.uk. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  13. ↑ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/856352/New_Year_Honours_List_2020.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  14. ↑ "Museum of the Year 2019". Art Fund.
  15. ↑ Wilson, Rob (October 2018). "RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: Tate St Ives by Jamie Fobert Architects". Architects Journal.
  16. ↑ "Jamie Fobert crowned Architect of the Year". Building Design.
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