Renowned British architect offers help to Ukraine.
British architect Sir Norman Foster, known for the restoration of the Reichstag Palace in Germany and for the design of the Millennium Bridge in London, has offered to help rebuild the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, partially destroyed as a result of Russian aggression.
The 86-year-old architect’s foundation said Foster spoke via video conference Monday with Igor Terekhov, mayor of Ukraine’s second largest city.
And according to foreign media, the Telegraph reports, Sir Norman presented him with a plan to rebuild the city, where a quarter of the buildings have been destroyed since Russia began its aggression on Ukraine on February 24.
Located near the border with Russia, the city of Kharkiv was the scene of fierce fighting at the start of the Russian offensive, but remained under Ukrainian control.
Sir Norman Mr Foster said he wanted to “bring together the best minds with the best planning, architecture, design and engineering skills in the world to support the renaissance of the city of Kharkiv”.
He said the first step would be to draw up a plan for a “city of the near future and plan for its life for the coming decades”.