The Vertical City, a new exhibition of tall buildings by Norman Foster, opened on Friday at the newly refurbished Transamerica Pyramid.

The skyscraper is emblematic of the modern-age city and is a reminder that the city is arguably civilisation’s greatest invention. A vertical community, well served by public transport, can be a model of sustainability, especially when compared with a sprawling low-rise equivalent in a car-dependent suburb.

The Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated in this exhibition by lending a selection of nine drawings by Norman Foster and the model of the Concrete Office Building for New Haven, Connecticut. Originally developed by Norman Foster during his time as a Yale student, the model was made by the Model Making Unit at the Norman Foster Foundation.

Open until February 2025.