Architect Chris West is a partner at Foster + Partners in the practice’s New York office. West is currently leading the design of Bold. Forward. Unbound., a multiyear, $5 billion strategic infrastructure initiative by the Mayo Clinic to completely redesign its downtown Rochester, Minnesota campus and integrate advanced digital and physical healthcare models.
West graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1986 and from Rice University in 1994. He has been with Foster + Partners for over thirty years, initially working on the design of a mixed-use scheme for the King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh. Since then, he has built an extensive portfolio of world-class projects. He was involved in the design of both the Center for Clinical Science Research and the James H. Clark Center at Stanford University and relocated to California to oversee its construction. Following this, he led the design teams for the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the Yale School of Management, and the Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs at the University of Pennsylvania.
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