Nationality French Role Architect Name Michel Mossessian | Practice Mossessian & Partners Occupation Architect | |
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Alma mater Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-ArtsCooper Union School of ArchitectureHarvard Graduate School of Design Awards MIPIM AR Future Projects AwardHolcim Award Buildings Exchange House, London, UKVila Olimpica, Barcelona, SpainFive Merchant Square, London, UKNATO Headquarters, Brussels, BelgiumExxonMobil Technology Centre, Shanghai, China Education | ||
Michel mossessian on democratic architecture
Michel Mossessian (Armenian: Միշել Մոսեսյան, born 1959) is a French architect of Armenian descent. based in London, UK.
Contents
- Michel mossessian on democratic architecture
- Michel mossessian v a talk part 1 introduction
- Education
- Career
- Significant projects
- References
Michel mossessian v a talk part 1 introduction
Education
Michel Mossessian gained his diploma in architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts UP N°8 in Paris, where he also engaged in philosophy under Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. He was invited to be a Villa Medicis Hors les Murs fellow at the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York, where he studied Advanced Design. He subsequently completed his masters in design studies at Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Career
Mossessian worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as Senior Designer in their Chicago and London offices. Along with Senior partner, Larry Oltmanns, they made a successful bid resulting in the design of the new NATO headquarters in Brussels. Mossessian was made redundant in 2004 before the project was completed. Oltmanns left SOM three weeks later.
In 2005, Mossessian established the architectural studio of Mossessian & Partners, where he serves as principal architect. His first building design in London was the Carmine Building, a 15-storey office building at Five Merchant Square. As part of the Paddington Basin Development, the building was topped off in 2009, by City of London Mayor, Boris Johnson.
In 2010, Mossessian & Partners completed three buildings: 5 Merchant Square in Paddington, London; ExxonMobil Headquarters in Shanghai, China; and a private residence in Sorede, France. In 2011, the company won an open international competition for an urban renewal project in the Medina of Fes, Morocco, which is now on site.