Farshid Moussavi
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| Born | 1965 Shiraz, Iran |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London Dundee University |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Farshid Moussavi Architecture Previously Foreign Office Architects |
| Buildings | Ōsanbashi, International Passenger Terminal, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan John Lewis complex, Leicester, UK Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio Victoria Beckham Flagship Store, London, UK |
| Projects | The Function of Ornament The Function of Form The Function of Style |
Farshid Moussavi RA RIBA is an Iranian-born British architect, founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She was co-founder and co-principal of Foreign Office Architects (FOA) until June 2011.
Moussavi was born in Iran and immigrated to London in 1979. She trained in architecture at the Dundee School of Architecture, University of Dundee, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London and graduated with a Masters in Architecture (MArch II) from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Moussavi first came to prominence with FOA, the practice she co-founded in 1995. Previously, she had worked at the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) before moving back to London to teach at the Architectural Association and start her own practice, Foreign Office Architects (FOA). At FOA, Moussavi co-authored the design for the award-winning Yokohama International Ferry Terminal in Japan (which was subject to an international design competition in 1995) and was part of the United Architects team who were finalists in the Ground Zero competition. She also completed a wide range of international projects including the John Lewis complex in Leicester, England and the Meydan retail complex in Istanbul, Turkey.
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