Farshid Moussavi is an architect and educator, and co-founder of Foreign Office Architects (FOA), director of Design research theme at Strelka. The firm has been recognized by awards including the Enric Miralles Prize for Architecture, three RIBA Worldwide Awards and a RIBA European Award, the Kanagawa Prize for Architecture, the 2004 Venice Architecture Biennale Award, Building Design’s Retail Architect of the Year Award and the Charles Jencks Award for Architecture.