And Lord Foster and Ms Hadid are used to criticism of their uncompromising modern architectural style.
Lord Foster may have won the prestigious Pritzker architecture prize but he is not a Muslim.
Lord Foster, Lord Rogers and Jean Nouvel, a French visionary, are busy.
Swiss Re's Gherkin (designed by Lord Foster) has been slow to find tenants because its environmentally-friendly ventilation system and cigar-like outline produce an awkward shape.
Lord Foster says it's necessary because the UK is facing 21st Century challenges including an over congested rail network and housing shortages particularly in London and the South East.
And as only Muslims are permitted to enter Islam's holiest city, were he to win the commission, Lord Foster would have the tricky task of seeing through his design from a distance.
The 58-storey tower designed by Lord Foster, a British architect, is both a symbol of Alberta's new role as Canada's economic engine and a poke in the eye for Toronto, the traditional corporate headquarters.
I'm not expert enough to know the reasons why, but architect Lord Foster's Wembley design has helped to provide an outdoor venue where the effect as Michael's vocals bounced around the stadium was rather like that of being in a modern surround-sound cinema.
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The development is the latest Millennium Commission-funded project to be surrounded in controversy, following the financial woes of the Dome and the structural problems of the Millennium Bridge, which was designed by Lord Foster, the architect of the British Museum's new glass roof.
The program will also feature interviews with some of the world's leading architects including Lord Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Wolf D Prix.
British architect Lord Norman Foster, who designed London's Gherkin tower and the dome on the Reichstag building in Berlin, described Niemeyer as an "inspiration" who "stood accepted wisdom on its head".
The motion, tabled by Jim Shannon and Lord Morrow, asked for recognition of the lack of foster carers, the large proportion of foster carers of retirement age and the general lack of support.
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