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Contemporary Architecture : Buildings + Projects + Exhibitions + BooksArchitect Zaha Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She has become one of the most famous architects in the world. Buildings nominated for the prestigious Stirling Prize include Nordpark Cable Railway Station (2008), Phaeno Science Centre (2006) and BMW Central Building (2005). Zaha Hadid's style is boldly contemporary, organic and innovative. The architect pushes design through new technology and materials and never does ordinary. Aswell as creating architecture the architect is a celebrated painter, designer of furniture and interior products + fittings such as bowls and chandeliers. Zaha Hadid - Building News 2010Latest Designs firstEli & Edythe Broad Art Museum, USA : Elevations + Plans added  building image from Zaha Hadid London Aquatics Centre, UK : New Image  Middle East Centre Oxford, England : New Visuals  Zaha Hadid - Building News 2009MAXXI Rome, Italy - opened Nov photo : Roland Halbe MAXXI Rome : Italy's first national museum of contemporary art and its first national museum of architecture. Criticised by critic Ellis Woodman for placing form over function - but surely MAXXI is not a new direction for Zaha Hadid, it is indeed a major project for the studio, but not a pivotal one in terms of programme or style. It is undeniably powerful and dynamic but like many recent 'containers for art' - such as the stunning 'UFO' in Graz by Cook / Fournier - there exists tension between form and function, between expressive exterior and an interior which its owners will want to function in a certain way. Glasgow Transport Museum, Scotland - latest progress, 23 Nov  picture © webbaviation Glasgow Transport Museum Zaha Hadid Exhibition in Italy : Major Retrospective Palazzo della Ragione, Padua 27 Oct 2009 - 1 Mar 2010  Zaha Hadid Exhibition Padua Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate  Zaha Hadid awarded Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate for 2009 Burnham Pavilion, Chicago, USA  photo courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects © Michelle Litvin Burnham Pavilion building photos Zaha Hadid Architects Exhibition : Design Museum, London Visions For The City Of London, 2009 Super Contemporary - Celebrating Visionary Design from London’s Creative Mavericks JS Bach Chamber Music Hall, England  photo : Luke Hayes "A single continuous ribbon of fabric swirls around itself, creating layered spaces to cocoon the performers and audience with in an intimate fluid space." said Hadid. LACOSTE footwear  photo from ZHA LACOSTE launch footwear capsule collection designed in collaboration with Zaha Hadid
We have 5 pages online re Architect Zaha Hadid: Zaha Hadid : main page - Current Work (this page) Zaha Hadid Buildings - Older Work Zaha Hadid Exhibitions Zaha Hadid Books Zaha Hadid Architects - All Projects + Practice Information Other Key Projects by this studio Pierres Vives building Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre The Opus Dubai Office Contact - Zaha Hadid Architects : London, England, UK +44 (0)20 7253 5147 Zaha Hadid Architecture Book - Gordana Fontana Giusti, Patrick Schumacher  Portrait photograph of the architect & designer:  Zaha Hadid photo : Steve Double, Jun 2007 Zaha Hadid - Architecture BackgroundEducationArchitectural Association, London, UK 1972- Diploma Prize 1977 Career Office for Metropolitan Architecture - partner Teaching Architectural Association tutor with OMA architects Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis Zaha Hadid ran her own studio at the AA until 1987 Teaching Positions Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA Sullivan Chair at the University of Chicago School of Architecture, USA Guest professorships Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg,Germany Knolton School of Architecture, Ohio, USA Masters Studio at Columbia University, New York, USA Zaha Hadid was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design for the Spring Semester 2002 at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Zaha Hadid was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture. Zaha Hadid is currently Professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Architecture Competitions Zaha Hadid has entered, and won, a huge number of design competitions, including The Peak, Hong Kong (1983), Kurfürstendamm, Berlin (1986), Düsseldorf Art and Media Centre (1992/93), Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales (1994), Royal Academy Habitable Bridge Competition, London (1996), the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (1998), University of North London Holloway Road Bridge (1998), Centre for Contemporary Arts, Rome (1999), Bergisel Ski-jump, Innsbruck, Austria (1999), Placa de les Artes, Barcelona (2001), Masterplan for Singapore's Science Hub (2001), Ordrupgaard Museum Building Extension, Copenhagen (2001) and the temporary Guggenheim Museum, Tokyo (2002). Despite architecture competition entries in the UK for the V&A Museum's Boilerhouse Gallery, Habitable Bridge Competition design, Hackney Empire Theatre, all London, and of course the Cardiff Bay Opera House design, the first real buildings by Zaha Hadid are in Scotland. |
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Hotel Puerta America interior, Spain
Zaha Hadid design : Milan Furniture Fair
Pritzker Prize Architecture Award : Winner 2004
Zaragoza Expo Bridge : Architecture Competition winner
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