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Architect 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 2009:
Seville University Library image from ZHA |
Cairo
Expo City Competition, Egypt image from Zaha Hadid Architects |
Stone Towers
Cairo, Egypt image from the architects |
LACOSTE footwear photo from ZHA |
Dongdaemun
Design Plaza image from ZHA |
Genesy
lamp for Artemide render by Zaha Hadid Architects |
Mobile
Art Chanel Pavilion, Hong Kong photo : Virgile Simon Bertrand |
Millennium
Park Pavilion Design, USA image from ZHA |
Regium Waterfront
Buildings, Italy picture from ZHA |
Dorobanti
Tower, Romania image from Zaha Hadid Architects |
Antwerp
Port House, Belgium picture from ZHA |
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Over the years a stunning array of buildings, bridges and products has emerged from the Zaha Hadid office. We've selected what we feel are the practice's key designs, in chronological order: BMW Central Building, Germany (2005) Phaeno Science Centre, Germany (2006) Nordpark Cable Railway Station, Austria (2008) Madrid Civil Courts of Justice, Spain (-) Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre, UAE (-) Millennium Park Pavilion Design, USA (2009) Comments on the selection welcome. These Zaha Hadid designs are not selected due to their fame - we've left out Opus Dubai for example - but because each in its way achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement. Zaha Hadid Architect - Building News 2008: |
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Vienna
University Building, Austria image from ZHA |
Hoxton Square
Building, England image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects |
Madrid
Civil Courts of Justice, Spain picture from Zaha Hadid |
Middle
East Centre, England picture from ZHA |
Lilium
Tower, Poland image from ZHA |
Zaragoza
2008 Expo Bridge, Spain bridge design : picture courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architect |
Sheikh
Zayad Bridge, UAE model photo from ZHA |
Maxxi Building,
Italy building photo: adrian welch |
Eli
& Edythe Broad Art Museum, USA building image from Zaha Hadid |
Guangzhou
Opera House Building, China image from ZHA |
Signature
Tower Buildings, UAE picture from Zaha Hadid Architects |
Barvikha Villa,
Russia image from Zaha Hadid Architects |
Zaha Hadid - Architecture News 2007: |
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Glasgow
Transport Museum, Scotland picture from ZHA |
Nordpark
Cable Railway Station, Austria photo : Helene Binet |
Zaha Hadid Buildings - information on older projects
Pierres Vives building
Phaeno Science Centre
Ordrupgaard Museum
Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre
The Opus Dubai
London Aquatics Centre
Serpentine Pavilion Design
Office Contact - Zaha Hadid Architects : London, England, UK +44 (0)20 7253 5147
Zaha Hadid Book - Gordana Fontana Giusti, Patrick Schumacher
Zaha Hadid Architects - Key Designs + Works listed alphabetically
Portrait photograph of the architect & designer:
Zaha Hadid photo : Steve Double, Jun 2007
Zaha Hadid Architecture - Background
Education:
Architectural Association, London
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 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.
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.
World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe
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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Zaha Hadid buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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