Later Career
In June 2011, Farshid Moussavi announced the opening of her new practice, Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA), based in London. In October 2012, the Museum of Contemporary Art is Cleveland, USA, opened to the public as FMA's first completed building. FMA is currently working on number of prestigious international projects including a residential complex in the La Défense district of Paris, as well as a department store in Paris, France; and a residential tower in London, UK.
Farshid Moussavi has served on numerous design committees including the Mayor of London’s Design for London Advisory Group and LDA International Design Committee, the RIBA Gold and Presidents Medals, the Stirling Prize and the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2004, she was Chair of the Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, after which she remained on the Award’s Steering Committee. In 2009, Moussavi became a trustee of the Whitechapel Gallery as well as the Architecture Foundation in London. Since September 2011, Moussavi has been writing as a columnist for the Architectural Review magazine.
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