The phrase 'built upon the foundation of' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to show the origin of something, either literal or figurative. For example, "Our company was built upon the foundation of trust, hard work and dedication."
"Westworld" is filmed in Castle Valley, Utah, where Ford filmed his last four Westerns, and it is built upon the foundation of tropes, clichés, and cinematic shorthand that Ford's work popularized.
Later ecclesiastics, including Caesarius of Arles (c. 470 542) and Isidore of Sevilla (c. 560 636), produced a formidable body of Christian commentary and other scholarship that built upon the foundation of the Latin Church Fathers.
The second iteration of the Pixel Chromebook built upon the foundation of the first one.
To fulfill that promise, generations of Americans have built upon the foundation of our forefathers finding opportunity, fighting injustice, forging a more perfect union.
Built upon the foundation of "Green Chemistry" and "Green Engineering", "Green Toxicology" aims to shape future manufacturing processes and safe synthesis of chemicals in terms of environmental and human health impacts.
The promising deployment of portable smart health cards, slated for Canada and the EU by 2015 and perhaps the USA by 2020, will no doubt open the door to even greater technological changes that are built upon the foundation of intelligence systems architectures.
I'm now a PhD student with my academic success being built upon the foundations of my undergraduate degree.
In most cases, text-mining software is built upon the foundations of data mining, which uses statistical analysis to pull information out of structured databases like product inventories and customer demographics.
For all the Premier League's excitement and bold claims throughout the years, it was always built upon the foundations of profit margins and capitalism's ability to demand each man look after his own interests first.
Greens, for example, bring vital and distinctive issues to the table – most crucially, and at the heart of our politics, is the fundamental belief that a new social contract will only ever be possible if it's built upon the foundations of "one planet living".
The research also provides evidence to support the case that cultural experiences are frequently built upon the foundations of a healthy natural environment.
