Michel Mossessian is a French architect of Armenian descent.
Education
Michel Mossessian gained his diploma in architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts Uttar Pradesh North°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
Based in London, United Kingdom. Mossessian worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) as Senior Designer in their Chicago and London offices. 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. Place Lalla Yeddouna in Fes, Morocco - under construction Msheireb development in Doha, Qatar – under construction Carmine Building at 5 Merchant Square in London, United Kingdom – completed 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels, Belgium – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Villa Olympica Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Broadgate in London, United Kingdom – with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.