Farshid Moussavi Architecture completes the first Ismaili Center in the U.S.

Houston is a multicultural mecca, and now it is home to the first Ismaili Center in the United States and just the seventh in the world. (The other centers are in London, Vancouver, Lisbon, Dubai, Dushanbe, and Toronto.) The 5-story, 150,000-square-foot building designed by Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) with DLR Group and its 9 acres of gardens by Nelson Byrd Woltz will serve as a cultural and ambassadorial center for Ismaili Muslims. On November 6, the center held an opening ceremony attended by civic and cultural leaders, including leaders and supporters of the Ismaili community. It will open to the public in December.

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