Firm withdraws from Architects Declare after criticism of work on series of airports

One of the UK’s most famous architects has withdrawn from an environmental coalition in a dispute about the destructive role of aviation in the escalating climate crisis.

Norman Foster, best known for the Swiss Re “Gherkin” skyscraper and City Hall mayoral headquarters in London, confirmed on Wednesday his firm was no longer a member of the Architects Declare group.

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