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Hadid, Zaha; Betsky, Aaron (1998). Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28084-3. "Zaha Hadid Works". Thames and Hudson. Archived from the original on April 1, 2008 "Zaha Hadid: Opere e progetti 1976-2002" (in Italian). Direzione generale per la qualità e la tutela del paesaggio, l ...
Zaha Hadid was born on 31 October 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq, to an upper-class Iraqi family. [16] Her father, Muhammad al-Hajj Husayn Hadid , was a wealthy industrialist from Mosul . He co-founded the socialist al-Ahali group in 1932, a significant political organisation in the 1930s and 1940s. [ 16 ]
From a pool of 25 international architects , the BMW jury chose the very innovative design of Zaha Hadid as the final piece of the BMW plant in Leipzig, Germany. With no real precedent for her design, Zaha Hadid's Central Building can only be related to the revolutionary and monumental industrial designs of the past including Fiat Lingotto Factory by G. Matté-Trucco and the AEG Turbine ...
The late architect Zaha Hadid, known as 'The Queen of Curves' for her modern curving designs in her buildings, died Thursday at the age of 65.
The Port of Antwerp is Europe's second largest shipping port by traffic, [3] handling 26% of Europe's container shipping. [4] Before the construction of the Port Authority Building, the Antwerp Port Authority hosted technical and administrative services in different locations, including in the Hofstraat and in the old Port House at the Entrepotkaai.
Zaha Hadid Architects is a British architecture and design firm founded by Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), with its main office situated in Clerkenwell, London. [3] After the death of "starchitect" Hadid, Patrik Schumacher became head of the firm. At the time with a staff of 400, with 36 projects across 21 countries. [4]
The Henderson is a skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong.The 36-storey building will rise to a height of 190 metres (623 feet). [1] It is designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. [2] The site at 2 Murray Road was reportedly the world's most expensive plot, worth US$3 billion, when it was purchased by developer Henderson Land Development in 2017, leading to the demolition of the car park at the site.
The CMA CGM Tower is a 147-metre (482 ft) tall skyscraper in Euroméditerranée, the central business district of Marseille, France.Designed by Zaha Hadid, it is the headquarters for CMA CGM, one of the world's major freight companies, hosting 2,200 employees in the office previously spread over seven sites.