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Born in Pittsburgh, Foster served in the Army Air Forces in World War II. He was Philip Johnson's prize student in the late 1940's and was hired by Johnson after graduating from the Pratt Institute in 1950. He was involved in the design of Johnson's Glass House located in New Canaan CT.  He remained with Johnson until 1962 and was coaxed back from private practice to collaborate in the 1970's on numerous buildings at New York University. Their 1964 World's Fair pavilion -- the Tent of Tomorrow and three mushroom-like towers, below -- stands as a Modernist ruin at Flushing Meadows in the Bronx.

1967 - HIs own house, 122 Olmstead Hill Road, Wilton CT. Twelve feet off the ground, the house slowly rotates 360 degrees. The movement is said to be indiscernible from within as the glass-walled structure, 72 feet in diameter, pivots around a 14-foot ball-bearing assembly in the stair core. Nine rooms radiate like pie sections. Sold in 2004 to Michael Van Oehsen.  Renovated in 2005.  Was on the market six years.  Sold in 2010 to Fosterhouse LLC.  Video.