Drafting Table, Circa 1982, Sir Norman Foster Executed by Stapleton Engineering

Drafting Table, Circa 1982, Sir Norman Foster Executed by Stapleton Engineering

Provenance: Removed from the offices of Foster Associates, circa 1985

Measures : 140cm high, (height adjustable), 150cm wide 

Sir Norman Foster is one of the most influential architects of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. A leading figure in high-tech architecture, his work is defined by an emphasis on precision, material innovation, and structural clarity.

This drafting table, executed by Stapleton engineering in 1982, is an artefact of Foster’s design Philosophy. Conceived at a time when architectural practice was transitioning from hand-drawn plans to digital processes. 

The table’s construction—marked by clean lines, engineered efficiency, and a refined industrial aesthetic—mirrors Foster’s broader architectural language. A tool of creation as much as an object of design, the drafting table speaks to the working methods that shaped some of the most iconic buildings of the modern age.