Michel Mossessian

Michel Mossessian (Armenian: Միշել Մոսեսյան, born 1959) is a French architect of Armenian descent. based in London, UK.

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. The practice has completed the schematic design for 26 buildings and a major public square in the prestigious Msheireb regeneration project (formerly 'Heart of Doha') in Qatar, due for completion in 2016. In 2011, mossessian & partners won an open international competition for an urban renewal project in the Medina of Fes, Morocco, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has now received national backing and is now on site. The firm's most recent win is a project on the prestigious King's Cross regeneration site in central London.

Significant projects

• Place Lalla Yeddouna in Fes, Morocco - under construction
• Msheireb development in Doha, Qatar – under construction
• Carmine Building at 5 Merchant Square in London, UK – completed 2010
• NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Villa Olympica Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
• Broadgate in London, UK – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Gallery

• 5 Merchant Square (Carmine Building).jpg

  5 Merchant Square in Paddington Basin, London, UK.

• Mossessian & Partners - 5 Merchant Square.jpg

  5 Merchant Square (Facade) in Paddington Bassin, London, UK.

• Mossessian & partners - 5 Merchant Square (Carmine Building).jpg

  5 Merchant Square (Entrance) in Paddington Bassin, London, UK.

• ExxonMobil Technology Centre, Shanghai, China.jpg

  ExxonMobil Technology Centre, Shanghai, China.

References

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External links

• Mossessian & Partners Official Website