Plans for the India Tower in Mumbai, a needle-like skyscraper that could end up being the world's tallest buildingPhotograph: Foster and Partners

Masterplan for Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, a zero-carbon, zero-waste mini-city that would sit above its road network Photograph: Foster and Partners

Terminal three at Beijing Capital International airport, built as part of the Chinese capital's infrastructure boom ahead of the 2008 OlympicsPhotograph: AFP

The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard with its elegant glass canopy opened in November 2007 at the historic Patent Office building that houses the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DCPhotograph: Tim Sloan/AFP

People are silhouetted in the departure area of Beijing Capital International airportPhotograph: Claro Cortes/Reuters

The Pyramid of Peace, also known as the 'Foster Pyramid,' in Astana, KazakhstanPhotograph: Sipa/Rex

The Millennium Bridge opens to the public after a £5m modification to correct its wobblePhotograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian

The interior of Deutsche Bank Place, 126 Phillips Street, in Sydney, AustraliaPhotograph: Richard Glover/Rex

The Millau Viaduct, crossing the valley of the river Tarn in France, is the highest bridge in the world at 343 metres. It is composed of seven slender pillars and provides a direct route between Paris and the Mediterranean coastPhotograph: Jean-Philippe Arles/Reuters

Interior of the Greater London Authority headquarters, on the banks of the river Thames at Southwark. Designed by Foster and Partners, and constructed by Arup & Partners, it houses an assembly chamber, committee rooms and public facilities, together with offices for the mayor, London assembly members and staffPhotograph: Toby Melville/PA

Exterior of the Greater London Authority headquartersPhotograph: Toby Melville/PA

Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the Dallas Centre for the Performing ArtsPhotograph: Iwan Baan

Trains stand in the main station of Dresden with its new roof cladding designed by FosterPhotograph: Norbert Millauer/AFP

Elephant house, Copenhagen zoo, DenmarkPhotograph: Foster + Partners/Nigel Young

SECC Conference Centre in Glasgow, ScotlandPhotograph: Foster + Partners/Nigel Young

The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the the original parliament of the German empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933, when it was burned down by the Nazis. It became the seat of the German parliament again in 1999 after a reconstruction led by FosterPhotograph: Murdo Macleod

30 St Mary Axe, the Swiss Re building, also known as the Gherkin, in the City of LondonPhotograph: David Sillitoe/Guardian

A scale model of Barcelon'as new Camp Nou stadiumPhotograph: Cesar Rangel/AFP