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Awards
1997-2010
File 1
File documents professional awards and honours received by the Foreign Office Architects. Material in this file was produced between 1997 and 2010.
File includes awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, Condé Nast, Premis FAD, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, FX International Interior Design Awards, the Bienal de Arquitectura Española, and Architectural Digest. These awards were received in relation to several projects, including the Yokohama International Ferry Port Terminal, Japan, the John Lewis Department Store & Cineplex, United Kingdom, the Virtual House Project, Berlin, Germany, and the Umraniye Meydan Retail Complex, Turkey. Sub-series includes the Golden Lion award received by the Foreign Office Architects at the 2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture (see record ARCH268925).
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Documents are in English and Spanish.
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A Golden Lion award received by the Foreign Office Architects during the 9th International Architecture Exhibition (exhibited 12 September - 7 November) at the 2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture. The award was in the category of Topography, for the Foreign Office Architects' design for the Novartis Underground Car Park & Gate project, Basel, Switzerland, 2003.
1 award(s)
Metal and glass
box: 36.1 × 17.1 × 10.2 cm (14 3/16 × 6 3/4 × 4 in.) award: 32.9 × 12.3 × 5.2 cm (12 15/16 × 4 13/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
- The award is a gold-plated metal rectangle with the silhouette of a winged lion on the top. The award sits on a rectangular base of clear tempered glass, which also bears a small inscribed gold plaque.
uninscribed
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
This file contains 6 awards from Premis FAD announcing that the Foreign Office Architects have been declared Finalists in the category of Architecture for two projects in Spain - Viviendas Sociales Carabanchel, Madrid, and the Centro Tecnológica de la Rioja, Logroño.
6 award(s)
6 typescript on paper
sheets: 42.2 × 30.3 cm (16 5/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
- There are two separate documents in this file; each one has three copies.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in Spanish.
171-080-001
This file contains 19 awards received by the Foreign Office Architects between 1999 and 2010. It includes awards from the Royal Institute of British Architects, Conde Nast Traveller, The East Midlands Development Agency, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, the FX International Interior Design Awards, and the Bienal de Arquitectura Española.
19 award(s)
19 printouts
folder: 44.7 × 32 cm
- There are two separate documents in this file; each one has three copies.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- The material is in Spanish.
171-080-002
A metal relief, or plaque, that is a "Special Award for the East Midlands 2010", that was presented to the John Lewis Department Store & Cineplex, Leicester, United Kingdom. The plaque states that the project was designed by the Foreign Office Architects and that the award was sponsored by the East Midlands Development Agency.
1 award(s)
Cast metal relief
relief: 19.2 × 24.3 × 0.4 cm (7 9/16 × 9 9/16 × 3/16 in.)
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in English.
A 2010 Civic Trust Award that recognizes "excellence in the built environment". This award was presented to the Foreign Office Architects for the John Lewis Department Store & Cineplex, Leicester, United Kingdom.
1 award(s)
Cast metal relief
relief: 21 × 23 × 3.6 cm (8 1/4 × 9 1/16 × 1 7/16 in.)
- The metal relief is triangular in shape, with three metal feet and accompanying screws, possibly used to mount the relief.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in English.
An award for the Virtual House Project, Berlin, Germany, 1997. It was issued by FSB/ Anyone Corporation, and consists of an unidentified golden artefact encapsulated in a rectangle of clear glass.
1 award(s)
Glass
artefact: 12.2 × 16.2 × 5.7 cm (4 13/16 × 6 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
A 2008 ArkiPARC award that was presented to the Foreign Office Architects in the category of Shopping Centre for the Umraniye Meydan Retail Complex, Istanbul, Turkey. It consists of a segment of a tree branch encapsulated in orange glass.
1 award(s)
Glass
artefact: 4.4 × 20.5 × 4.3 cm (1 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 1 11/16 in.)
inscribed, "M1 Meydan Alışveriş Merkezi / Foreign Office Architects. Gayrimenkul ödülleri AVM: Arki Parc'08".
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in Turkish.
A 2009 Innovation and Design Award from Condé Nast Traveller, in Association with Marriott Hotels & Resorts. It was awarded to the Foreign Office Architects in the category of Retail.
1 award(s)
Glass
artefact: 13 × 13 × 3.5 cm (5 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
- The award is clear glass, circular in shape, and sits vertically on one flattened end.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in Turkish.
A 2008 BD Architect of the Year Award, presented to the Foreign Office Architects in the category of Retail Architect.
1 award(s)
Metal
artefact: 32.2 × 9.7 × 5.1 cm (12 11/16 × 3 13/16 × 2 in.)
- This metal award is in the shape of half a cylinder.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in English.
A framed wooden relief, possibly an award, that features a carving of the silhouette of a building and white text in Japanese.
1 award(s)
Wood
artefact: 29.2 × 23.1 × 2.5 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/8 × 1 in.)
- This rectangular wooden relief has a hinged support and a black nylon string on the back, so that it can be displayed upright on a flat surface, or mounted on a wall.
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in Japanese.
A 2005 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award in the form of a circular metal plaque featuring the RIBA crest.
1 award(s)
Metal
artefact: 32.2 × 9.7 × 5.1 cm (12 11/16 × 3 13/16 × 2 in.)
uninscribed
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- This material is in English.
A 2007 Premio AD Arquitecto del Año award that consists of a black cylindrical shape on a flat base. A triangular section of the cylinder has been cut out, revealing the letters A and D on the inside of the cylinder.
1 award(s)
Metal
artefact: 20.5 × 18.5 × 18.5 cm (8 1/16 × 7 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
- The metal is black and the award is very heavy.
inscribed, "2007 Premio AD Arquitecto del Año"
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
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