Richard Foster (architect)
Richard T. Foster was a modernist architect who worked in the New York City area, and also around Greenwich, Connecticut. Foster is best known for his collaborations with architect Philip Johnson.
Life
Foster was born in Pittsburgh and educated at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, graduated in 1950, and was hired into Philip Johnson's office directly out of school. Foster worked on the designs in Johnson's office of the 1950s, notably the Glass House located in New Canaan, Connecticut.Foster left in 1962 to form his own firm, Richard Foster Associates, but as an independent architect returned to work on major projects with Johnson into the 1970s. His own designs included the Round House, a circular rotating house in Wilton, Connecticut, published in Popular Mechanics in 1968. Foster continued to work and live in Wilton until his death in 2002.
Work
Foster's work includes:- New York State Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, NYC
- Kline Geology Laboratory, Science Hill, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- New York State Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYC
- Kline Biology Tower, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Kreeger Residence, now the Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C.
- Circambulant House in Wilton, Connecticut
- Elmer Holmes Bobst Library at New York University
- Tisch Hall at Stern School of Business
- Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University, NYC
- Congregation Shaare Tova synagogue, Kew Gardens, Queens, NYC