Michael joined the studio in 1994 after graduating with first class honours. In 2001 he started working on the Hearst Tower in New York and became the partner-in-charge to oversee this landmark development. Michael subsequently was the head of Foster + Partners' New York office where he was responsible for the Yale School of Management competition and the Sperone Westwater Gallery in New York. Since his return to London, Michael has been overseeing the Norton Museum of Art in Florida and the Oceanwide Center, a large mixed-use development in San Francisco.