Architect Farshid Moussavi will be joining Blueprint’s assistant editor Peter Kelly in conversation next Tuesday at Asia House, London. Iranian-born Moussavi is co-founder of  award-winning architecture practice Foreign Office Architects (FOA), professor of architecture at Harvard University and author of the books The Function of Ornament and The Function of Form.

FOA’s past work includes the Yokohama International Cruise Terminal, the Spanish Pavilion at the Aichi International Expo in Japan and Publishing Headquarters in Paju, Korea in addition to a wide range of European projects including its acclaimed John Lewis Department Store and Cineplex in Leicester and the Carabanchel Social Housing in Madrid (pictured above). The practice’s current projects are the new Ravensbourne College scheme, next to the O2 Arena in Greenwich and the overhaul of Birmingham New Street station for Network Rail, as well as buildings in Europe, Korea and Malaysia.

In the talk, Moussavi will discuss her work, past, present and future, and consider whether the West can learn from Asian approaches to urban design and architecture. It will be an exceptional opportunity to hear one of the world’s leading architects talk about her work.

Date: Tuesday 26 Jan, 2010
Time: 6.45pm
Tickets: £10
Concessions: £5
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 7LP

Booking:
Tel: 020 7307 5454
Email: enquiries@asiahouse.co.uk
http://www.asiahouse.org/net/Events.aspx