Foster + Partners cleared over man’s death when window fell from London penthouse
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- The Guardian Worldseen 6 Aug, 18:26description edited
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Crown court rules architecture firm not responsible for fatal incident but project managers and engineers found guilty of safety breaches The architecture firm founded by Norman Foster has been cleared over the death of a man killed by a window that fell 90 metres from a newly constructed London penthouse. Foster + Partners, the practice behind some of the world’s most recognisable buildings such as the Gherkin and revamps of the British Museum and Germany’s Reichstag, were not held to be...Court rules architecture firm not responsible for fatal incident but project managers and engineers found guilty of safety breaches The architecture firm founded by Norman Foster has been cleared over the death of a man killed by a window that fell 90 metres from a newly constructed London penthouse. Foster + Partners (F+P), the practice behind some of the world’s most recognisable buildings such as the Gherkin and revamps of the British Museum and Germany’s Reichstag, were not held to be...
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Thu, 6 August 2026
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Court rules architecture firm not responsible for fatal incident but project managers and engineers found guilty of safety breaches The architecture firm founded by Norman Foster has been cleared over the death of a man killed by a window that fell 90 metres from a newly constructed London penthouse. Foster + Partners (F+P), the practice behind some of the world’s most recognisable buildings such as the Gherkin and revamps of the British Museum and Germany’s Reichstag, were not held to be...