Farshid Moussavi completes Houston Ismaili Centre
Farshid Moussavi Architecture has completed a 14,000m², five-storey religious, social and cultural meeting place for Ismaili Muslims in Houston, TexasThe London-based architect – working with AKT II, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and local practice DLR Group – won the Ismaili Centre project in early 2019 after being chosen from a star-studded shortlist which included David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Gang and OMA.The stone-clad building, which references historic Persian design, is the first such centre to be built in the US and the seventh worldwide – each designed by leading architects.Moussavi’s scheme occupies part of a 4.5ha site – the remainder given over to gardens – overlooking the Buffalo Bayou waterway at the junction of Montrose Boulevard and Allen Parkway in central Houston.