Ross Ashton

Ross Ashton is a world renowned projection artist. Most of his work focuses on projecting images and light onto buildings to make it look as though it is part of the architecture.

One of his most notable works is the ‘Crown of Light’ for the Durham Lumiere festival in 2011. The festival comprised of many installations and projections which illuminated the historic buildings in Durham City. For this artwork, Ross used images from the Lindisfarne Gospels – one of the most important books of all time and from the North East of England. These images were accompanied by Gregorian chant.

Norman Foster

Norman Foster, from Foster + partners, is a British architect who has designed some of the most famous modern buildings around the world.

He was born in Manchester in a working class family; Norman was fascinated by engineering and the process of design from an early age. After working in Manchester City Treasurer's office, he applied for an internship in a local architect’s office.  In 1956, Norman had completed a portfolio and sent it in to the University Of Manchester School Of Architecture, where they accepted him; he graduated in 1961. Norman then won the Henry Fellowship to the Yale school of Architecture in America; it was in this university that Norman met his future business partner Richard Rogers.  In 1963 he set up an architectural practice in London. Since 1963, the firm has gained a valuable reputation, expanded to have 1200 employees and has been given various awards from across the world. Foster + partners has designed and built dozens of famous buildings.

His works include:

The Sage, Gateshead

London City Hall

Millennium Bridge

Wembley stadium

Reichstag, German parliament

HSBC headquarters UK

Currently building tower 2 at the world trade centre

Etc.