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. 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.
  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.
  9. "This architect is remodelling the National Portrait Gallery". Evening Standard. 22 February 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 (October 2018). "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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