html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"British-Iranian architect, educator and writer Farshid Moussavi, founder of London-based architecture practice Farshid Moussavi Architecture, has been awarded the the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.The annual award is given to "architects of any nationality who have made a significant contribution to architecture as an art", with a prize of $20,000.The five winners of the American Academy of Arts and Letters' 2025 Awards in Architecture, which recognize both active architects and those who have made contributions to the field through other forms of expression, have been announced.Ismaili Center Houston, designed by Farshid Moussavi. Image courtesy of FMAFarshid Moussavi is a Honorary Member of World Architecture Community since 2008. She was a co-founder of Foreign Office Architects, known for the Yokohama International Ferry Terminal which opened in 2002. In 2011, Moussavi founded Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) in London. The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, a curvaceous La Folie Divine tower in Montpellier, a multi-tenure residential complex in the La Dfense district of Paris, flagship stores for Victoria Beckham in London and Hong Kong are among key projects of FMA.With the establishment of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in 1955, Arts and Letters launched its annual architecture awards program, which has now grown to encompass four Arts and Letters Awards.The Arts and Letters members recommended a number of people and practices from which this year's honorees were selected. Meejin Yoon, who served as chair, Elizabeth Diller, Michael Maltzan, Toshiko Mori, Annabelle Selldorf, and Nader Tehrani were on this year's selection committee.Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, Neri&hu Design and Research Office. Image Jiaxi Yang & Zhu ZheTo honor American architects whose work exhibits a strong sense of personal direction, Andrs Jaque, Neri&Hu, and Young and Ayata will each receive a $10,000 Arts and Letters Award.Shanghai-based Neri&hu Design and Research Office is an interdisciplinary architectural design firm that was founded in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu. Master planning, architecture, interior design, furniture, product, branding, and graphic design are among the commissions in the practice's expanding worldwide portfolio.Recently, Neri&Hu created "a journey of surprise and discovery" for the interiors of Artyzen New Bund 31 Hotel in Shanghai. In addition, the firm brought a "museum-like quality" into the interior of the New Bund 31 Performing Arts Center in Shanghai. Moreover, the studio built a residential apartment that brings "a timeless aesthetic" to a Taipei neighborhood in Taiwan.Andrs Jaque. Image Miguel de Guzman via Columbia GSAPPAndrs Jaque, an architect, curator, and artist, is the dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). He is the founding principle of the Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN).He established the Office for Political Innovation, a global architectural firm with offices in Madrid and New York, in 2003. For projects spanning a wide range of media and scales, he has won prizes.Office for Political Innovation's Run Run Run, a colorful intervention where its interiors contain suspended gardens, colorful bar stools, straw-looking ceiling and play areas. Image Jos HeviaJaque's practice is known for its "transectional" approach to architectural design in which he sees architecture "as the intervention on complex composites of relationships, where its agency is negotiated with the agency unfold by other entities."Professor Jaque's work has been displayed in galleries all over the world and is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.Mark Wigley, an architect and professor, will be honored with a $10,000 Arts and Letters Award, which honors individuals who use any form of expression to investigate architectural concepts.The annual ceremony of Arts and Letters in May will include the presentation of the architecture honors in addition to the art, literature, and music awards.An honor organization for writers, composers, architects, and artists, the American Academy of Arts and Letters encourages and fosters interest in the arts. Its 300 members present exhibitions, public talks, and events at our historic buildings in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City; fund concerts and new musical theater productions; buy and commission contemporary art to donate to museums nationwide; and distribute more than 70 awards each year.In 2017, socially-minded Burkinese architect Dibdo Francis Kr, founder of Kr Architecture, was awarded with the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2016, Phyllis Lambert was named as the winner of the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.The top image in the article: Farshid Moussavi. Image Paul Phung.> via The American Academy of Arts and LettersFarshid Moussavi