Jamie Fobert Explained

Jamie Fobert
Nationality:British
Birth Date:1962 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Ontario, Canada
Alma Mater:University of Toronto
Practice:Jamie Fobert Architects

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

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, due to be completed in 2023, the National Portrait Gallery, London.[9]

He is a Trustee of the Camden Arts Centre[10] and The Architecture Foundation.[11] In 2020, he was appointed CBE in the Queen's New Year Honours, for services to architecture.[12]

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[13] and was shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize.[14] In 2019, the practice won the BD Architect of the Year Award,[15] in recognition of an outstanding body of work in the field of public buildings.

Notes and References

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

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