Foreign Office Architects

Foreign Office Architects, FOA,[1] was an architectural design studio headed by former husband and wife team Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo.

[2] The establishment of two new practices, FMA (Farshid Moussavi Architecture) and London/Barcelona based AZPA Limited followed in 2011.

[10] The studio's first project, which is considered its landmark achievement, was the Yokohama Pier Port Terminal in Japan.

In the UK: In Spain: (where FOA maintained a local office branch) Projects in other European locations: Projects in Asia: In the USA: FOA won several prestigious competitions and commissions, including the BBC Music Box for the firm’s White City complex in 2003.

The practice played a central creative role in the Masterplanning team for the London 2012 Olympics Park, site-wide infrastructure and accompanying long-term regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley (2002–2007) and was selected as part of the United Architects team to submit a design for the World Trade Center in New York in 2002, in the aftermath of 9/11.