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The world's most famous female architect, or at least one of them. The only woman to receive the Pritzker Prize. She studied with Koolhaas, worked for 15 years, and was inspired by the Russian avant-garde. Born in Baghdad, all her life she has refuted stereotypes - about women in architecture, women in construction, women from Iraq. "Our heroine. What a blessing that you are with us in London,” ends the obituary that appeared today on the official website of her studio.

Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, 2012
Grand Prix of the Design of the Year Award, established by the Design Museum in London. The project was built on the site of the machine-building plant named after Sattarkhan, formerly Lieutenant Schmidt. Appeared on the tenth anniversary of the death of the 3rd President of the Republic. Inside there is a museum of the leader, concert and exhibition spaces.

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Dominion Tower, Moscow, 2015
A business center on the remote Sharikopodshipnikovskaya street, which took 10 years to build. The first tenant is the Housing and Communal Services Reform Fund with the office of Sergei Stepashin. The building, invented by Hadid's studio on behalf of DominionM developer Vladimir Melnik, works in the best traditions of constructivism - it accidentally falls into a new environment and changes the context around it.

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BMW Central Building, Leipzig, 2005
This is not an office center, but the main part of the plant where the BMW 3 Series is produced. Employing 5,500 workers, the building is a powerful anthem to modern industry. The main pride here is not the unique external forms, but the cosmic precision in following conveyor processes.

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Pavilion "Bridge", Zaragoza, 2008
In 2008, the World Exhibition was held in Spain, and Hadid's studio was responsible for the main object: the bridge over the Ebro River, and at the same time the main entrance to the exhibition complex. The shape is intended to evoke the tides and the gladiolus flower: Hadid’s genius lay precisely in the ability to create delicate and vulnerable-looking structures from concrete and steel.

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National Museum of 21st Century Art, Rome, 2010
To build in a city that itself is the best museum in the world and the last place people go for contemporary art requires enormous courage. But that’s why Hadid is the greatest architect without any discounts on gender - she did a brilliant job, received the Stirling Prize and only laughed that the Romans themselves called the museum pasta.

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Science Center Phaeno, Wolfsburg, 2005
Whatever they say about Hadid designing golden metro stations in Abu Dhabi and dachas on Rublyovka, here is her more typical work. The perfect engineering design of the interactive science and technology museum in Wolfsburg (this is already Volkswagen territory) has earned epithets like “hypnotic and visionary.”

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Riverside - Transport Museum, Glasgow, 2011
Best European Museum 2013. The 36-metre glass façade reflects the River Clyde and is topped by a jagged zinc roof. An example of the perfect architecture of the Polytechnic Museum - however, some visitors grumble that some exhibits hang too high to be seen.

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Fire station of the Vitra furniture factory, Weil am Rhein, 1994
This is actually a garage where fire hoses were stored, cars were on duty and firefighters had tea. Vitra is not a simple factory where walls were assembled. Here, among other things, the iconic “Panton” and “Tulip” chairs were invented, their own museum was commissioned from Frank Gehry, and the fire department was commissioned from the best in the world, Hadid, of course.

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Cardiff Opera House Project, 1994
Why show unrealized projects of such a powerful author when there are plenty of real ones? Take a closer look at the colors and lines - when Hadid said all her life that she admired Russian Suprematism, is this what she meant? The theater was not built, no money was found, and the Welsh public wrinkled their noses, calling the project “elitist” and “ugly”, but Hadid herself later admitted that it was perhaps due to her Iraqi origin and the fact that she is a woman.

The Peak Leisure Club, Hong Kong. Competition project, first prize (1982-1983)

The architecture has a very important property - readability. She always personifies time, the development of society, our aspirations and dreams. It is created by people and for people, and it is architecture that allows you to feel the many cultural characteristics of different countries, peoples, and the ornateness of history. Any event leaves its mark on architecture. But sometimes it goes far ahead, reflecting futuristic dreams ahead of its time. This architecture waits in the wings on paper for many decades before taking shape and being reborn from an idea into a building. This is what happened with the ideas of the most influential woman in the world of architecture - Zaha Hadid. Her ideas for homes of the future have spread throughout the world, inspiring and captivating the imaginations of millions of people.

"Paper" architect

Having received a mathematics education at the American University of Beirut (Lebanon), Zaha Hadid moved to London to study at the Architectural Association school of architecture. Her mentor will be the great Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. Noticing a talented student, Koolhaas invites Hadid to become a partner in his architectural bureau OMA immediately after graduation. She will work there for three years and leave to make her own way.

Architectural bureau OMA of Rem Koolhaas. Cover of the first edition of the art magazine Viz (1978)

In 1980, Zaha created her own architectural bureau, but her career did not immediately take off. Her projects win competitions around the world, but face many problems, ranging from the impossibility of implementing ideas technologically to political or economic difficulties. Hadid is not lucky. Several decades before global recognition, she will be able to implement only a few projects.

The design of the Cardiff Bay Opera House (Cardiff Bay Opera House, 1994) won the construction competition three times, but was eventually rejected due to a conflict with the client, who was skeptical about Hadid's design

The beginning of success

She managed to build her first building only in 1993 - a small fire station for the furniture company Vitra, reminiscent of a Stealths bomber. The flying canopies-wings are reminiscent of a pavilion in the style of Soviet avant-garde artists of the 1920s.

Fire station of the company - manufacturer of designer furniture Vitra. Weil am Rhein, Germany (1994)

The next completed project was the Spittelau Viaducts residential complex in Vienna (1994-2005). The whole building is literally crammed with interesting solutions: there is an overpass with a pedestrian path running through it, and underneath it, along the entire length of the building, there is a metro line that goes out onto the surface of the earth directly from under the building.

Residential complex Spittelau Viaducts. Vienna, Austria (1994-2005)

Another project has become a symbol of modernity and prosperity of the United Arab Emirates - the Sheikh Zayed Bridge, the first president of the UAE, who ruled the country for 38 years - since 1971. Hadid's bridge design was inspired by the sand dunes of the United Arab Emirates.

Sheikh Zayed Bridge. Abu Dhabi, UAE (1997-2010)

The length of the bridge is 842 meters, height - 60 meters, capacity - 60 thousand cars per hour. The bridge is very durable and can withstand wind gusts of 160 kilometers per hour.
At the turn of the millennium, Zaha Hadid begins to receive more and more orders. Then the project of a parking lot and station in Strasbourg and the Bergisel springboard in the Austrian Innsbruck, part of the Olympic arena, were implemented. The construction of the ski jump took 15 months and about 15 million euros. For this work, Zaha Hadid received the Austrian State Architecture Prize.

Hoenheim-North station and parking. Strasbourg, France (1998-2001)

Ski jump Bergisel. Innsbruck, Austria (1999-2002)

The first female architect in history

Before Hadid received the Pritzker Prize, she had only one large-scale project implemented - the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in provincial Cincinnati. The start of construction of this center was a turning point in Hadid's career and the first project in the United States.

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati. Ohio, USA (1997-2003)

The glass façade of the first floor of the building invites you to look inside, and the concrete floor of the hall blurs the boundary between the sidewalk and the indoor space. “Urban carpet” is what Hadid calls the building concept, which involves every visitor in the play of stairs, tiers and ramps. In this room, the feeling of space is completely different; because of its unusualness, it is very difficult to understand where the floor, ceiling and walls are.

The ornate staircases of the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Arts

It was this “urban carpet” that became Hadid’s ticket to the “red carpet” of modern architecture, turning her into the most sought-after architect in the world. In 2004, she became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. After that, her architectural bureau Zaha Hadid Architects was provided with orders for several years in advance. Within ten years, Hadid will have a staff of 500 architects working for her, who will be able to implement more than a thousand projects in 44 countries.

From deconstructivism to parametricism

Speaking about her style, Zaha Hadid noted that she felt the heaviness of traditional buildings. The solidity and “geometricism” of their appearance caused her protest. In her works, she tried to create natural, smooth lines that replicate natural silhouettes. She considered each project individually, taking into account the peculiarities of the landscape and landscape.

"A Glimpse of Madrid". Drawing by Zaha Hadid (1992)

If all her works before the 2000s belonged to deconstructivism, then later her buildings received smooth flexible forms, the design of which is calculated on a computer, like a complex equation connecting all parts of the building. Hadid's co-author and her bureau director Patrick Schumacher, a leading theorist of parametric architecture, were responsible for this part of the work. It was the introduction of technology that contributed to the implementation of many projects that could not be implemented before and were collecting dust on the shelves. This is how digital architecture emerged, closely related to programming, where shaping depends on mathematical algorithms and formulas and automatically transforms the volume, making it technically and economically feasible.

Sketch of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku

Now Hadid's architecture becomes a complex mathematical equation, creating ideal shapes and curves. The functionality of her creations is questioned, but the buildings themselves and its elements live their own lives, creating a unique and original space. The practical side fades into the background, while design and architecture itself are at the forefront of everything, as an inviolable idea.

This approach to work allows you to create an “ideal” building, without flaws or shortcomings. But only externally. After a couple of years, this trend becomes so popular that it is not difficult to copy and replicate it. Gradually, such architecture turned into too predictable and ordinary.

The way up - “anti-gravity” architecture

In 2010 and 2011, Hadid won the prestigious British Stirling Prize twice in a row for the buildings of the National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome and the Evelyn Grace Academy high school in London.

London Aquatics Center

The project, built specifically for the Olympic Games, has become one of Hadid's most popular creations. But the main charm of this building is not in its design, but in its capabilities. During the 2012 Olympics, it was an arena with a capacity of 17,500 spectators, with three swimming pools; after it it turned into a compact building for athletics competitions with a capacity of up to 2,500 people.

Olympic Aquatics Complex, London, UK (2005-2010)

Transformable building technologies are very expensive, but in the case of Olympic venues, such costs are quite reasonable. The construction of Olympic facilities very rarely pays off, and the service life very often does not exceed the duration of the competition. But this center has become an exception to the rule and will be used for many years to come.

Scheme of transformation of the center after the Olympic Games - 2012 in London

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Baku

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center. Baku, Azerbaijan (2007-2012)

The construction of this center has increased the attractiveness of Baku for tourists from all over the world. The center received the Design of the Year award - 2014 in the Architecture category. During the construction of the building, the maximum possible amount of glass was used, which reduced the need for artificial lighting.

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center Project

Facades, sections and shape of the roof-wrapper

The sun-drenched spaces of the cultural center house the Heydar Aliyev Museum, exhibition halls, an auditorium, administrative offices, a restaurant and a cafe.

Instead of a conclusion. Criticism of Hadid's architecture

The last years of Hadid's career were filled with scandals and disputes about the usefulness and humanity of her architecture. She is beginning to be criticized for the fact that space in buildings is used inefficiently. For example, the very first building she built turned out to be unsuitable for its intended use, so it turned into an exhibition pavilion. In addition, the projects are very expensive to build and maintain. They even criticized the fact that Hadid built buildings mainly in China and in the oil despotisms of the Middle East, where human rights are not respected.

Multifunctional complex Galaxy SOHO. Beijing, China (2008-2012)

The Galaxy SOHO shopping and entertainment complex project in Beijing received an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects, but caused outrage among local residents: the historical center was practically destroyed due to the construction.

Another Hadid project for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is being called by some as “a bicycle helmet that fell onto the Japanese capital from the sky.”

Project of the National Stadium for the 2020 Olympics. Tokyo, Japan

Al-Wakrah Stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar (2013 - not completed)

The boiling point for Hadid is the death of a worker during the construction of a stadium in Qatar. The architect was accused of being responsible for this incident and should be punished. To which Hadid and Schumacher said that an architect should do his job well and not think about social justice. Their unusual spaces change communication between people, and it is the buildings that will help society become more progressive and humane in the future. And the companies that carry out the order are responsible for the construction itself (including safety precautions).

At the end of 2015, Zaha Hadid was included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the art world according to the resource.

Architectural design is not only the prerogative of men. In 2004, Zaha Hadid received the Pritzker Prize, becoming the first woman to receive it.

The Pritzker Prize is an award given annually for achievements in the field of architecture. (considered the Nobel Prize for Architecture).

At the time of receiving the award, Zaha was able to implement no more than five modest structures, but ten years later the company that Zaha Hadid founded in 1980, Zaha Hadid Architects, created 950 projects in 44 countries. Currently, the state employs 400 architects of 55 nationalities.

Hadid did not have a complicated biography. She was born in 1950 in Iraq into the family of a wealthy and pro-European industrialist. She lived in one of the first modernist houses in Baghdad, which became for her a symbol of progressive views and gave rise to a love for architecture. After school, she went to study mathematics in Beirut, from there to London, and practically never returned to her homeland. In Great Britain, she entered an architecture school, where the great Dutchman Rem Koolhaas became her mentor. Like her teacher, she adored the Russian avant-garde: her graduation project for a hotel-bridge over the Thames in 1977 was one big reference to Malevich. Hadid was so gifted that Koolhaas called her "a planet in its own orbit", and immediately after graduating from school he became a partner in the OMA bureau. After three years, she will leave to start her own practice.

Hadid won her first competition in Hong Kong in 1982. with a sports club project on the top of one of the local mountains. Her proposal - a gravity-defying Suprematist composition - brought Hadid fame among specialists. It could have launched her career, but this did not happen: the club was not built, only beautiful axonometric images remained from the project. Paradoxically, the reason was not technical difficulties or the radicalism of the project, but the outbreak of discussion about the upcoming transfer of the city from Great Britain to China. The risks of Hong Kong losing its freedom were so strong that a year later the customer chose to cancel construction. Hadid returned to London and, using the money raised from the competition, opened an office and began working at the desk.

She built the first building only ten years later, in 1993 - a small fire station for the furniture company Vitra, which, with its flying canopy-wing, could easily pass for a pavilion by Soviet avant-garde artists of the 1920s. A couple of years later she won the competition three times to create an opera in Cardiff, but it was not built. Before receiving the Pritzker, Hadid had one serious work at all - the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in provincial Cincinnati, completed a year before the award, called, however, the most important new building in the United States since the end of the Cold War.

In the summer of 2014, when she opened her new building in Hong Kong, Zaha Hadid looked triumphant. The curved aluminum Innovation Tower of the local university of technology, sandwiched between the highway overpasses and anonymous high-rise buildings of southern Kowloon, would seem alien in any setting. Either a rock washed by the sea, or a spaceship that would fit the jockeys from Ridley Scott's Prometheus - its buildings look like cutting-edge technological products, large gadgets, pieces of the future perfectly calculated on a computer, suddenly finding themselves on an imperfect planet. But this was not the reason for the triumph - not the building, but the city itself. For two thirds of her career, Zaha Hadid was a paper architect, popular only among critics. Hong Kong is to blame for its delayed success.

In hindsight, it may seem that awarding Zaha Hadid was a political decision by the Pritzker jury. Imagine: an avant-garde artist with unlimited imagination, a woman in a male profession (not the only one - in the mid-1990s, the Frenchwoman Odile Decq had already achieved fame - but who cares), and also comes from a third world country. But rather, the award was given in advance - with the hope that it would redefine the language of modern architecture. Since 1997, when Frank Gehry opened the deconstructivist Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the world has been swept by the fashion for global superstar architects who have become heroes of popular culture. Hadid was supposed to be the most original of them.

And she did: in 2010 and 2011, she won the prestigious British Stirling Prize twice in a row for the buildings of the National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome and Evelyn Grace High School in London. The MAXXI Museum, located in the north of Rome, is Hadid’s opus magnum, to which she has been working for three decades. Now Hadid is no longer concerned with deconstructivism: since the mid-2000s, her buildings have flowing forms, and their design is calculated on a computer as a complex equation connecting all parts of the building. The latter is the responsibility of Hadid's co-author and her bureau director Patrick Schumacher, who is the main theorist of parametric architecture. Working at their desks, they waited for technology to bring their imagination to life, and now they did.

The insides of MAXXI are either the intestines of a strange animal, or the bed of an underground river, washing its way through the thickness of reinforced concrete. If modernist architecture of the 20th century aspired to the sky and was distinctly airy, then the architecture Hadid- “aquatic”, she lives in a world without gravity, and her conditional spaces without floor and ceiling flow into each other. There is something oriental about it, as if Hadid is recalling his native culture and draws designs like Arabic calligraphy. Is it original? Very. The problem is that, having become mass, this architecture becomes predictable in its unusualness. She is so unusual and so alien to a European that she always looks the same, as if Hadid comes up with the same thing over and over again. Moreover, it turns out that this original architecture is not so difficult to copy: the British have already had pirates in China.

Having won the competition in 2007 in Azerbaijan, Zaha Hadid Architects designed the Heydar Aliyev Center. After gaining independence in 1991, Baku strives by all means to move away from the architecture of the Soviet legacy. Built in 2012, the center is designed to express the feelings of Azerbaijani culture and show the optimism of a nation that looks to the future with hope.

Accusations of self-repetition are not the worst thing. Having transformed from paper into a mass architect, Zaha Hadid found herself in a trap: she became a fashionable superstar architect exactly when the fashion for such stars began to fade. It turns out that the Bilbao effect doesn't work; Since the 2008 recession, leftism, frugality and socialism have been in vogue. Hadid's buildings are the complete opposite: in 2014, she is criticized for the fact that the space in her buildings is used inefficiently, that her work is expensive to build and even more expensive to maintain, that she builds everywhere, especially in China and the oil despotisms of the Middle East, where no compliance is observed at all human rights.

She is blamed for the workers dying during the construction of a stadium that looks like a vagina in Qatar. In response, Hadid and Schumacher argue that an architect should not think about social justice, he should do his job well. They say that their unusual spaces are changing communication between people and that thanks to these buildings, society will become more progressive and humane in the future. They don’t exactly believe them, and the Pritzker jury seems to be jokingly giving a new prize to a Japanese man who builds temporary houses out of cardboard for refugees and earthquake victims.

However, Hadid herself is not to blame for this. Throughout the last century, avant-garde architects sold not buildings, but hope for progress and memories of a bright future. But technological progress does not guarantee social justice, and at the beginning of the 21st century, humanity experienced a crisis of faith. No one has flown to explore distant planets, there is no unexpected future - there is only a slightly greener and more efficient present with advanced gadgets. Zaha Hadid has been an avant-garde architect all her life, but now she has nothing left to sell. In 2014, her unusual buildings are just buildings.

Little is known about Zaha Hadid's personal life and views. She has a complex character, she can be emotional and impatient, but you can hardly deny her charm. She promised never to build prisons - “even if they are the most luxurious prisons in the world.” Because of her career, she never married. She does not have kids. She says that she would like them, but, apparently, in another life. Hadid calls herself a Muslim, but doesn't exactly believe in God. She does not consider herself a feminist, but is glad that her example has inspired many people around the world. She is sure that women are smart and strong.

Zaha Hadid's apartment is located near her office in London's Clerkenwell, and judging by what people who have been there say, it is a surgically clean space filled with avant-garde furniture. White, faceless and soulless - not so much a home as a temporary and uninhabited shelter. Hadid drives a BMW, loves Comme des Garçons, sometimes watches Mad Men, and looks at his phone too often. She has no personal life - she has projects. In 2014, Zaha Hadid was shortlisted for the sixth time for the Stirling Prize for the Aquatics Centre., built for the London 2012 Olympics.

Despite criticism in the press, next year she will open five more iconic buildings around the world, and the year after that another five, and she will almost certainly be nominated for the seventh, eighth and millionth time. Now Hadid is 65 years old, her partner Patrick Schumacher is only 53, almost nothing by industry standards. Their bureau is loaded with work for the next decade. There is no bright future, but they still have everything ahead.

In 2015, Zaha Hadid was included in the list of the 100 most influential figures in Europe at number 59.

Unique talent and unusual vision of the world have made Zaha Hadid one of the most famous architects on the planet. The high status of this female architect is confirmed by the awarding of the Pritzker Prize and a Commandership in the Order of the British Empire, and no less by the popularity of her projects.

The biography and personal life of the woman is quite interesting. She was born in Baghdad (Iraq) on October 31, 1950. The parents were distinguished by their progressive views and passion for their studies. Mother, Wajiha al-Sabunji, originally from Mosul, was an artist. His father, Muhammad al-Hajj Hussein Hadid, was one of the co-founders of the National Democratic Party of Iraq.

Zaha Hadid received her education at a French monastery school in Baghdad, then at the American Institute in Beirut (mathematical focus). The next stage was the School of the Architectural Association in London (UK), a course by masters Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis.

Thesis is a plan for a hotel-bridge over the Thames based on the work of Malevich. While studying architecture from 1972 to 1977, Zaha Hadid worked on projects, some of which remained unrealized.

The implementation of ideas began with the development in 1990 of the interior for the restaurant in Japan (Sapporo) “Moondzun”. Her other early work in the field of architecture is better known: the design of the fire station of the German furniture company Vitra in 1994.

The designer's career was going smoothly. After graduating from the School of Architecture, she joined the design office of her teacher, Koolhaas, and worked for him until 1980. After leaving the OMA bureau, Hadid founded her own firm, Zaha Hadid Architects. Work on creating “paper” projects was carried out in collaboration with engineer P. Rice, who gave Zaha’s visual ideas material “flesh”, translating them into engineering structures. In parallel with design, the designer was engaged in teaching.

Fame came after the construction of the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art (USA, Cincinnati) - the first tender-competition won, in the development of the idea of which she participated.

In Russia, the work of Zaha Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Prize, awarded to her on May 31, 2004 in St. Petersburg. This was the first time the prize had been awarded to a woman. Zaha Hadid had been in Moscow before this time, working on her projects.

Britain confirmed the master's merits by awarding her the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2012).

The architect's personal life did not work out; she was not married and had no children. According to Zaha herself, her children are her projects and employees, so in this understanding, the woman’s family was huge. Hadid lived very modestly in the historical center of the British capital. According to reviews from guests and journalists, the house was a free space with a creative layout with avant-garde furniture.

Zaha Hadid's death occurred in 2016, on March 21. She died in a Miami hospital where she was being treated for bronchitis. The cause of death was a heart attack.

Creative architecture

Residential building in Manhattan

The key concept on which all Zaha Hadid's projects are based is the design of iconic objects in the style of avant-garde and futurism.

Features of her sketches:

There are no straight lines, only smooth, precise transitions of complex curves, embodied in concrete and glass of algebraic formulas. Apparently, this is exactly how her basic education at the Faculty of Mathematics manifested itself. The honorary titles “Queen of the Curve” and “Queen of the Forms” fully correspond to the amazing power of the impression of her objects.
The perspective is deliberately distorted.
The total volume is divided into individual components.
Early projects are distinguished by angular shapes, later ones – by curvilinear ones.

The most famous works of Zaha Hadid (brought to life) are presented below.

The Heydar Aliyev Center (Baku, Azerbaijan) is a multi-level building of national importance, designed to host major events. Design was completed in 2007, construction in 2012. The architect’s work was awarded Design of the Year in 2014 as the best building in the world. The sketches are dominated by wavy lines; the complex shape of the building is interpreted as a symbol of infinity.

The interiors match the exterior; they also evoke an association with a space object. Zaha Hadid is recognized in Baku, in particular, as an architect and designer of Muslim origin.

Center for Contemporary Art (Cincinnati, USA). It is the only museum in the United States designed by a woman. The project was completed in 1998, and the desire to break the building into separate curvilinear and acute-angled fragments was clearly demonstrated here.

Dominion Tower (Moscow, Russia). Zaha Hadid's projects in Moscow are limited to this building, built in 2008-2015. Despite its unique architecture, Peresvet Plaza is considered unattractive in its original capacity as an office center. However, as a structure it is one of the attractions of the Russian capital.

Cottage (Barvikha, Moscow region, Russia), built in 2012 as a gift from Doronin (Russian entrepreneur, millionaire) to Naomi Campbell. The exterior and interiors imitate a spaceship, the base material is artificial stone.

Here, the designer’s craving for curved lines and surfaces, as well as color laconicism, could not have been more clearly demonstrated.

National Museum of 21st Century Art (Rome, Italy), built 1999-2010. This complex based on ancient barracks is the largest building of Zaha Hadid. Built from concrete and glass, it has an area of 27 thousand square meters. meters.

To appreciate other striking works of the designer, we suggest looking at photos of Zaha Hadid’s projects.

Opera in Guangzhou (China, 2010)

Civil Court Building (Madrid, Spain, 2007)

Riverside Transport Museum (Scotland, Glasgow)

Unfinished works and future buildings

Among the projects designed but not built, Zaha Hadid's architecture includes:

Opus Hotel&Serviced Apartaments (Dubai, UAE);

football stadium (Qatar)

plan for the redevelopment of Trafalgar Square (London, UK). The illustration shows a designer's sketch.

Now the studio founded by Hadid continues to work under the leadership of Patrick Schumacher. Their projects are not yet so popular and in demand, because as an architect Zaha Hadid was beyond competition. However, all new concepts are published regularly. Construction is currently underway on 24 projects designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Small shapes and household items

In addition to major architectural projects, Zaha was a recognized designer of interiors and household items. Unique lamps created by her, combining the curvilinearity traditional for most of her works with unusual design solutions.

One example is monochrome chandeliers for the Slamp company.

Or creative LED chandeliers made of glossy polymer Vortexx Chandelier (2005).

The furniture of her design is also interesting - tables made of transparent acrylic, seamless sofas and armchairs, geometrically complex frame chairs.

Despite the strange external shapes, all pieces of furniture are quite ergonomic and comfortable.

The interiors developed by the designer for residential and non-residential premises surprise with their laconicism, often monochrome color scheme, combination of flat and curved surfaces, “cosmic” appearance of details, and multi-level layout.

Futuristic design in unusual areas

Zaha Hadid created sights not only in the field of architecture. One of her most original projects is a yacht that resembles a fantastic starship that, through a misunderstanding, turned out to be floating.

This project was developed in collaboration with the Hamburg shipbuilding company Blohm+Voss. The length of the basic model is 128 meters, its smaller counterparts are 90 meters.

The yachts are designed for fast and ultra-fast movement, so in addition to the usual engineering calculations, hydrodynamic properties were analyzed for them.

The interiors are distinguished by a maximum level of comfort, exceeding the usual equipment of luxury ships of this class.

Zaha Hadid is a famous British architect of Arab origin, whose amazing and incredible works have become famous throughout the world. Let's find out a little about her and look at both her completed projects and “projects within projects.”

Zaha was born on October 31, 1950 in Baghdad (Iraq). She received her primary education at a French school at a monastery in Baghdad, then went to Lebanon to study mathematics at one of the American universities, and then moved to London (Great Britain), where in 1972 she entered the Architectural Association.

Zaha's career began in the architectural bureau OMA, under the supervision of a teacher, the famous Dutch architect Remment Koolhaas. And already in 1980, Hadid founded her own architectural studio called “Zaha Hadid Architects”.

Zaha has a weakness for unconventional architecture, distorted perspective, sharp angles and curved shapes. But most of her studio’s projects remain unrealized precisely because of their non-standard approach. And only ten years later, in 1990, Hadid received her first serious order to develop the Vitra fire station project, after which they began to talk about her as an unrivaled master of deconstructivism.

In 1998, Zaha implemented a new project - the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, located in Cincinnati (USA).

5. spaceship for Naomi

Notable is her project for the futuristic tower “,” located in Hong Kong. The tower houses the university's design school with a spacious lecture hall, ten classrooms and many design studios and workshops. Among other things, a design museum will also appear here, temporary and permanent exhibitions will be held, and an observation gallery will open.

7. futuristic tower

2004 - development of the project, construction of which began in 2009. "Citylife" consists of seven "winding" buildings of different heights, from 5 to 13 floors each. A distinctive architectural element is the curved balconies and sloping roof with wide covered terraces, giving the penthouses an elegant appearance.

9. Citylife complex

In 2004, Zaha received official recognition from the public and became the first female architect to receive the Pritzker Prize.

In 2007, the Zaha Hadid Architects studio designed a new building -. The building, made according to the latest design, is a cultural complex that includes five functional areas - an art gallery, a museum, a design laboratory, an exhibition center and a park of history and culture of the city with an area of 30,000 square meters. The curved façade is covered with over forty-five thousand aluminum panels.

11. Dongdaemun design park & plaza