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Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects
With her most recent commission, Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center, architect Zaha Hadid becomes the first woman ever to design an American museum. This long awaited first monograph on one of the world's most important architects collects Hadid's entire oeuvre-more than 80 built and unbuilt projects over 20 years- in one significant volume.
Throughout her training at London's Architectural Association, and her work with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, to the establishment of her own worldwide architectural practice, Zaha Hadid has been acclaimed for her vanguard architectonic language. Only a handful of her projects have been built-all to great critical success- and each new project astonishes the world of design with its commitment to revolutionary forms and ideas. As a result, she has an enormous following of students and practitioners, visionaries and builders.
The groundbreaking monograph contains Hadid's own striking drawings and paintings, as well as hundreds of sketches, plans, and models. Readers will recognize her built work-the Vitra Fire Station near Basel and the IBA Building in Berlin- and will welcome details of her competition entry for Chicago's ITT Building, and her winning design for the Cardiff Opera House. With generous commentary by the architect and her office, this is a landmark publication.
Throughout her training at London's Architectural Association, and her work with Rem Koolhaas at OMA, to the establishment of her own worldwide architectural practice, Zaha Hadid has been acclaimed for her vanguard architectonic language. Only a handful of her projects have been built-all to great critical success- and each new project astonishes the world of design with its commitment to revolutionary forms and ideas. As a result, she has an enormous following of students and practitioners, visionaries and builders.
The groundbreaking monograph contains Hadid's own striking drawings and paintings, as well as hundreds of sketches, plans, and models. Readers will recognize her built work-the Vitra Fire Station near Basel and the IBA Building in Berlin- and will welcome details of her competition entry for Chicago's ITT Building, and her winning design for the Cardiff Opera House. With generous commentary by the architect and her office, this is a landmark publication.
176 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 1998
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Zaha Hadid
49 books73 followersZaha Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004 and is internationally known for her built, theoretical and academic work. Each of her dynamic and innovative projects builds on over thirty years of revolutionary experimentation and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design.
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April 2, 2010
Her imagination and creativity is overwhelming, a truly visionary woman, one of most talented arquitects alive. For me, a person to follow till the end of...
July 30, 2017
Beautiful composition of book. I just love her paintings!
December 21, 2021
This book didn't expound on the process as I expected it to be but with all the descriptions and visualizations of the different projects, I somehow managed to grasp a common idea a little bit - that Zaha articulate and transform lines, forms, and voids to manifest a desired character, attitude, or symbolism that was derived from the project's literal or conceptual contexts. Her painting was an effective study tool to capture desired attitudes.
It is easy to be skeptical and disregard the value of her work and methods, but I tried to keep an open mind and understand where she might be coming from and how her works poked the interests and respect of people. I might disagree in many of the design solutions but in the end, I learned something that I can apply and tweak into my liking.
It is easy to be skeptical and disregard the value of her work and methods, but I tried to keep an open mind and understand where she might be coming from and how her works poked the interests and respect of people. I might disagree in many of the design solutions but in the end, I learned something that I can apply and tweak into my liking.
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