Ирандық тегі британдық архитектор: Фаршид Мусави

Iranian born British architect

Farshid Moussavi (born in 1965, Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian born British architect, educator, and author. She is the founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and a Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. The work of Moussavi's London based practice, FMA, is celebrated for projects that integrate an inventive approach to space and materials and a strong social awareness, whether they be a cultural centre such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland or a community centre such as the Ismaili Center Houston (currently under construction), a social housing project in Montpellier, or an elementary school in Saclay (under development), both in France. Prior to foudning FMA, she was co founder of the London based Foreign Office Architects or FOA (1993 2011), recognised as one of the world's most creative design firms, integrating architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture in a wide range of projects internationally. Moussavi was elected a Royal Academician in 2015, and subsequently, Professor of Architecture at the RA Schools in 2017. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for Services to Architecture. In 2022 she was selected as one of the London Mayor's 42 Design Advocates to support his vision for 'Good Growth'.

Moussavi was born in 1965 in Shiraz, Iran and immigrated to London in 1979 to attend boarding school. 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 (GSD). While at the Harvard, Moussavi met architect Alejandro Zaera Polo.

Moussavi, Farshid (2012). “30 St. Mary Axe”. Harvard Design Magazine, Volume 35, USA. Moussavi, Farshid (2012) An Archeological Approach, Instigations: Engaging Architecture, Landscape, and the City (2012) GSD075, Edited by Mohsen Mostafavi and Peter Christensen in cooperation with Harvard University Graduate School of Design. 2018 Project Interrupted: Lectures by British Housing Architects, The Architecture Foundation, UK. Moussavi, Farshid (2022). The Function of Ornament in the Ismaili Center Houston in The Clamor of Ornament: Exchange, Power, and Joy from the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Published by The Drawing Center, NY.