Farshid Moussavi RA
Farshid Moussavi RA
Farshid Moussavi is an architect, principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and Professor in Practice of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Moussavi also co-founded the London-based Foreign Office Architects (FOA), 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. Her most notable projects include the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, the Victoria Beckham flagship store in London and the John Lewis department store in Leicester.
Educated at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, University College London and Dundee University, Moussavi has taught and served as External Examiner in academic institutions worldwide. She has also been a member of the Steering Committee of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture since 2004, and a trustee of the London Architecture Foundation and the Whitechapel Gallery in London since 2009. Moussavi is a columnist for the Architectural Review magazine and has published three books, The Function of Ornament, The Function of Forms, and The Function of Style based on her research and teaching at Harvard.
In December 2017, she was made Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy Schools. In 2018 she was awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Profile
Elected RA: 11 March 2015
Professor of Architecture
Gender: Female
Visit Farshid Moussavi RA's website
Preferred media: Architecture
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Gallery
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Yokohama International Passenger Port Terminal
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Farshid Moussavi, John Lewis Department Store, Leicester
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Farshid Moussavi, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
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Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
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Farshid Moussavi RA – Selected CV
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Selected completed projects
2014 Victoria Beckham Flagship Store, London, UK
2013 130 Fenchurch Street Office Complex, London, UK
2013 Les Jardins de la Lironde Residential Complex, Montpellier, France
2012 Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA
2011 La Défense Residential Complex, Paris, France
2010 Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK
2008 John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex, Leicester, UK
2007 Social housing in Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain
2007 Meydan Retail Complex and Multiplex, Istanbul
2006 Municipal Theatre, Torrevieja, Spain
2005 Spanish Pavilion at the 2005 International Expo, Aichi, Japan
2004 Coastal park with outdoor auditoriums, Barcelona
2002 Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, Japan -
Selected exhibitions
2012 Architecture and Affects, at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
2011 World Trade Centre Bundle Tower, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2010 Why Design Now?, Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennial, USA
2008 Skin+Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion & Architecture, London, Tokyo, LA
2007 Love & Money: the Best of British Design Now, British Council
2006 Hypothetical Slide House, Carsten Holler’s Unilever Series Show at the Tate Modern, London UK
2005 Groundswell: Constructing the Contemporary Landscape, MoMA, USA
2003 Monographic Show at the Institute of COntemporary Art (ICA), London, UK
2002 Selected by the British Council to create a site-specific installation to represent Britain at the 8th International Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy
1999 Cities on the Move, Hayward Gallery, UK
1995 Monolithic Architecture, Heinz Architectural Center, Pitssburgh, USA -
Selected publications
2015 The Function of Style, Harvard GSD, FunctionLab and Actar, Barcelona, Spain
2009 The Function of Form, Harvard GSD and Actar, Barcelona, Spain
2006 The Function of Ornament with Michael Kubo, published by Harvard GSD and Actar, Barcelona, Spain
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