2024-11-16T10:50:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150320877/foster-partners-sues-in-india-for-missed-payments-related-to-the-scrapped-amaravati-master-plan Josh Niland 2022-08-18T17:29:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7e8046d83bf16eefe0a743fd031f813e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A row between an Indian government contractor and <a href="https://archinect.com/fosterandpartners" target="_blank">Foster + Partners</a> over supposedly unpaid design fees related to the abandoned <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/6537/foster-partners-develop-a-master-plan-for-amaravati-the-new-capital-of-indian-state-andhra-pradesh" target="_blank">Amaravati master plan</a> has reached the country&rsquo;s Supreme Court after the London-based studio entered a lawsuit there last week.</p> <p>The UK <a href="https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/foster-partners-takes-indian-state-body-to-court-for-non-payment" target="_blank"><em>Architects&rsquo; Journal</em></a> is reporting that the suit was brought against the state-run Amaravati Metropolitan Region Development Authority (AMRDA) over their repeated inability to respond to payment requests from Foster + Partners that date to 2019.&nbsp;</p> <p>Foster + Partners had worked alongside AMRDA for a period of several years to develop an administrative city for the state of Andhra Pradesh that included a new legislative building, judicial facilities, and a complex of office buildings at a reported price of &pound;500 million ($600 million USD).</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61e64e506345ee87bf260a0a3c7ff770.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61e64e506345ee87bf260a0a3c7ff770.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/bustler/6537/foster-partners-develop-a-master-plan-for-amaravati-the-new-capital-of-indian-state-andhra-pradesh" target="_blank">Foster + Partners develop a master plan for Amaravati, the new capital of Indian state Andhra Pradesh</a></figcaption></figure><p>The effort was <a href="https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/amaravati-capital-project-in-andhra-finally-scrapped-859834" target="_blank">called off</a> in 2019 (shortly before Prime Minister Naren...</p>