Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid Portrait

Interior of Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany

Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck

Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950) is a notable British deconstructivist architect.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, she received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. After graduating she worked with her former teacher, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, becoming a partner in 1977. In 1980 she established her own London-based practice. During the 1980s she also taught at the Architectural Association.

Much of Hadid's early work was conceptual, realized projects include:

Hotel Puerta America (2006), Madrid, Spain
BMW Central Building (2005), Leipzig, Germany
Nordkettenbahn (aerial tramway)(2007), Innsbruck, Austria
Ordrupgaard annexe (2005), Copenhagen, Denmark
Phaeno Science Center (2005), Wolfsburg, Germany
Bergisel Ski Jump (2002), Innsbruck, Austria
Hoenheim-North Terminus & Car Park (2001), Strasbourg, France
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art (1998), Cincinnati, Ohio
Vitra Fire Station (1994), Weil am Rhein, Germany

She has also undertaken some high-profile interior work, including the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome in London. One current project is for the 20,000-seat Aquatics Centre for London, one of the new venues being constructed for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

A winner of many international competitions, Zaha has become a fashion icon as much as an architect, most noted for her modeling of the black pointed hat. In 1997 she was quoted as saying "my most treasured posession is my black cat, that and my broomstick I take it everywhere with me." A number of Hadid's winning designs were never built: notably, The Peak Club in Hong Kong (1983) and the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales (1994), and also a giant cauldren that she designed for Paracelsus. In 2002 Hadid won the international design competition to design Singapore's one-north masterplan. In 2005, her design won the competition for the new city casino of Basel, Switzerland. In 2004 Hadid became the first female recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Previously, she had been awarded a CBE for services to architecture. She is a member of the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

Exhibits

1 June - 29 July 2006 – Max Protetch Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
3 June - 25 October 2006 – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
2001 - Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
1997 - San Francisco MoMA
1995 Graduate School of Design at Harvard University
1988 - Deconstructivist Architecture show at MoMA, New York
1985 - GA Gallery, Tokyo
1978 - Guggenheim Museum, New York
1983 - Retrospective at the Architectural Association, London

Films and Videos

A Day with Zaha Hadid 2004, 52 minutes, color. New York: Michael Blackwood Productions.

External links

[www.zaha-hadid.com] - Official site
[Zaha Hadid paper Architect]
Zaha Hadid at [bio/images/articles www.kultureflash.net]
[Video] Zaha Hadid speaks at Phaeno opening, 24. November 2005
[www.designboom.com] - Zaha Hadid's Profile
["Zaha's World:What does it mean to be a 'visionary' architect?"] - Critical Slate.com assessment of Zaha's career. June 2006

Pritzker Prize: Winners (2001- )

[Complete List] | [Winners (1979-2000)]

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