Jamie Fobert

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

Jamie Fobert

CBE
Born (1962-11-05) 5 November 1962
Ontario, Canada
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
OccupationArchitect
PracticeJamie Fobert Architects
Buildings

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.

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