Architect of Iranian origin. Zaha Hadid and her incredible projects. Civil Court building in Madrid, Spain

Yesterday, March 31, 2016, Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-British architect and designer who became the first female architect to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, died of a heart attack. Her work not only amazes with its elegance and innovation, it inspires thousands of others creative people- and this is perhaps Zaha Hadid’s most significant contribution. She had the opportunity to change the world in her hands - and she did not miss this opportunity.

Zaha Hadid(Zaha Mohammad Hadid) was not a fan of standards; she always wanted to destroy already established canons. If it’s a building, then without corners. If there are shoes, then let there be more corners! Let the decorations be similar to the architecture, and let the architecture be a real decoration of any city. Zaha Hadid's design stands out for its distorted perspective, disrupted by geometry; her buildings do not try to fit into space - they create their own new world.

Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan

Mountain Museum Messner Corones, Kronplatz mountain in northern Italy

21-storey Opus office building in Dubai

Bee'ah headquarters in the UAE

Slake Rit Institute in Cambodia

Stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar

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 experience the diversity cultural characteristics different countries, peoples, ornate 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

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

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

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” modern architecture, turning her into the world's most sought-after architect. 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

"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. Practical side fades into the background, while design and architecture itself stand 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

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, maximum use was made of possible quantity glass, which reduced the need for artificial lighting.

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center Project

Facades, sections and shape of the roof-wrapper

The Heydar Aliyev Museum is located in the sun-drenched spaces of the cultural center, exhibition halls, auditorium, administrative offices, restaurant and cafe.

Instead of a conclusion. Criticism of Hadid's architecture

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

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

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 art world according to resource version

Zaha Hadid in front of the Glasgow Transport Museum she designed

Zaha Hadid is a laureate of the Pritzker Prize (analogous to the Nobel Prize in architecture), the first woman and Muslim to receive it, and holder of the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Zaha Hadid died on March 31, 2016 from a heart attack, but her work remains one of the most striking in the history of modern architecture.
Zaha Hadid was born in Baghdad on October 31, 1950 in the family of an industrialist, one of the founders of the National Democratic Party of Iraq, a representative of the Western-oriented big bourgeoisie. Already at the age of 11, she decided that she wanted to become an architect. Zaha first received her mathematics education at the American University of Beirut. But in 1972 she went to the UK to attend the Architectural Association School in London. There her teachers were Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis.
She was strongly influenced as an architect by the Russian architectural avant-garde of the 1920s and the work of Kazimir Malevich, but she creative language remains vividly original. Koolhaas called it "a planet in its own orbit." Zenghelis considered her the most talented person who ever studied with him.
In 1977 she worked for six months in the workshop of Rem Koolhaas OMA, and in 1979 she founded her own bureau in London Zaha Hadid Architects. With her original and uncompromising approach to creativity, Hadid could not handle small commissions for individuals, so she remained teaching at the Architectural Association (until 1987), continuing to design and participate in competitions.
Her project for the Peak Club (1983) on a hill above Hong Kong, which won a major international competition, attracted public attention to Hadid, but remained unrealized because the customer went bankrupt. In 1994, Hadid achieved widespread fame in the UK by winning a competition to design an opera house in Cardiff, but the developer was influenced public opinion, after a year and a half of conflicts, abandoned the project, afraid of the originality of the architectural solution. These and other projects brought her victory in prestigious architectural competitions, interest, and then popularity among professionals, but they remained on paper. Largely due to the unwillingness of customers to accept its non-standard and original design.
Hadid's first completed project was the Vitra fire station in Weil am Rhein (1991-1993), Germany.

Vitra Fire Station | Germany RIM Creation

The situation changed dramatically in 1999, when construction began on the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, USA. From that moment on, Hadid began to be invited to work in different countries peace.

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, 2003 Roland Halbe

Zaha Hadid's paintings and drawings have been exhibited many times in many countries around the world. Hadid's works are included in many museum collections, in particular MoMA and the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt am Main (DAM).
Hadid's personal life has never been publicly discussed. What is known is that she lived in the historic district of London, Clerkenwell, not far from her office, and her home was a surgically clean space filled with avant-garde furniture. Zaha called herself a Muslim. She passed away on March 21, 2016, in a hospital in Miami, where she was treated for bronchitis. But she left behind her idea of ​​the cities of the future.

Here are some of Zaha Hadid's completed projects.

UK, Oxford, 2015

Investcorp Building of the Middle East Center at St Anthony's College, University of Oxford Luke Hayes

Italy, Salerno, 2016. Marine terminal in Salerno

Marine terminal in Salerno Hélène Binet

China, Guangzhou, 2016. Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza complex

Guangzhou Infinitus Plaza Zaha Hadid Architects

Belgium, Antwerp, 2016. Antwerp Port Authority building

Antwerp Port Authority building Hélène Binet

In the immediate vicinity of Moscow, in the elite village of Barvikha near Moscow, there is also a creation by Zaha Hadid, owned by Vladislav Doronin. A house called Capital Hill Residence in the shape of a spaceship was built in eco-style - a mixture modern technologies with natural forms. The house is located at a distance from neighboring mansions in the middle pine forest. Its area is 2,650 sq. m. In two 22-meter towers there are bedrooms and children's rooms. In the basement there is a Finnish sauna, hammam, Russian bath, fitness room and guest room.

Private mansion in Barvikha, Russia

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, 2017. King Abdullah Petroleum Research and Study Center

King Abdullah Petroleum Science and Research Center Hufton+Crow

Slovakia, Bratislava, 2017. Sky Park complex

Complex Sky Park Penta Investments

Italy, Afragola, 2017. Naples - Afragola high-speed railway station

Naples-Afragola train station Jacopo Spilimbergo

Messner Mining Museum - Corones. Italy, 2015

Messner Mountain Museum - Corones Inexhibit

Built in 2013, the Heydar Aliyev Center is a modern cultural center that has become a new symbol of Baku and all of Azerbaijan. It is a complex structure that includes an auditorium, museum, concert hall, exhibition halls and administrative offices.

Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow was originally planned to open in 2009, but construction was suspended due to the crisis, and 7 years passed from the start of construction to the opening.

Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow

In 2015, an office building designed by Zaha Hadid was built at 5 Sharikopodshipnikovskaya Street in Moscow.

Dominion Tower Hufton + Crow Business Center

The Burnham Pavilions in Chicago were a tribute to the famous American city planner Daniel Burnham. Inside, audio and video installations were shown showing the development of Chicago, from the past to the future.

Burnham Pavilions in Chicago, USA

Zaha Hadid projects in progress

The stadium in the port city of Al Wakrah, Qatar, will be part of a grand development covering an area of ​​585,000 square meters. m. Its capacity is 40,000 spectators, while the upper tier of the stadium will be removable, which will reduce the capacity by half after the end of the championship.

Football Stadium 2022, Qatar

But in the capital of Saudi Arabia they will build a metro station made of gold. According to Zaha, while working on the project, she was inspired by the dunes of Saudi Arabia, the smooth contours of which she tried to give to the station itself. They will also apply new system passage of passengers, which should help avoid crowding during rush hours.

Golden metro station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In Serbia, a complex of apartments, offices and leisure space located on the abandoned site of an old textile factory is set to become Belgrade's new landmark. In addition to the programs listed above, the proposed complex also includes a five-star hotel, a convention center, galleries and shops, as well as underground parking for guests and residents of the city

Beko Masterplan mixed-use development in Belgrade, Serbia

The Manhattan house will be in the shape of the letter L, and its inner corner will be built in a zigzag, which will separate the two parts of the building. On the 11th floor there will be 37 apartments with an area of ​​up to 510 square meters and ceiling heights of more than 3 meters. The house will also have a spa, garden and indoor pool.

Residential building in Manhattan, USA

The new university in Hong Kong is set to become an architectural landmark. It will be a complex of educational and research laboratories. The seamless architecture of the building symbolizes the dynamics of current and future achievements and produces an impressive visual effect.

Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, China

In Bonn, the studio took on the task of improving an existing building by German architect Siegfried Wolske. Hadid's work contains two transparent facades facing the river. It is planned to build terraces around the building where outdoor performances will be held.

Beethoven Festival Bonn 2020, Germany

The building in Macau, China, consists of two towers connected at the podium and roof level, with several additional bridges in the middle. The hotel, with a total area of ​​150,000 square meters, consists of 780 rooms, suites and penthouses, conference halls, gaming rooms, lobby, restaurants, spa and swimming pool. open air. You can admire the view of Macau from the tower from the panoramic elevators. Construction of the hotel began in 2013.

40-storey hotel in Macau, China

Ensemble from " Bolshoi Theater", a museum of contemporary art and a "small theater" (multifunctional hall) will appear on the shores of Meixihu Lake in Changsha, China. Three volumes will be located on a spacious “plaza”, which will be complemented by a deep “courtyard” with restaurants and shops.

Changsha International Culture and Art Center, China

Tall skyscrapers are designed to become the new business center of Dubai. As befits buildings of this scale, it will house offices, a hotel and a shopping center.

Skyscrapers Signature Towers in Dubai, UAE

The 21-storey building in Abu Dhabi, 93 meters high, is a giant cube with a cavity inside that appears to float above the ground. It is equipped with a unique backlight, due to which it looks completely different at night and during the day. During the day the cube is hollow, and at night this space is filled with light.

Opus Office Tower in Abu Dhabi, UAE

The new Tokyo Olympic Stadium will be built on the site of the former stadium, famous for the 1964 Olympics, and will become the country's main Olympic venue. rising sun. It is designed for 80 thousand people, and its area will be 290,000 square meters. m. Completion of construction is scheduled for 2018.

Tokyo Olympic Stadium 2020, Japan
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At the end of March 2016, many were shocked by the news that the legendary female architect, awarded prestigious job with shape and space, mathematical accuracy of calculations, abundance of sharp corners, multi-layering - her main methods that break stereotypes. Zaha Hadid designed attractions based on her wild imagination. They are built according to unique projects and are located not only in the West, but also in Russia.

A chidhood dream

British woman of Iraqi origin, born in Baghdad in 1950. Her father was a very successful entrepreneur who gave his children a good upbringing and education. Zaha said that it was only thanks to him that she realized herself as an architect.

Even as a child, she visited Sumerian ruins with her parents, which made an indelible impression on her. As a little girl, she vowed to herself that she would devote her life to building unusual buildings.

Unpreparedness of customers to implement Hadid's projects

At 18, she left Iraq to continue her studies in Lebanon, where she studied mathematics. After this, she entered the London Architectural Association, after which she founded her own firm, becoming the most famous in the whole world. She won many prestigious competitions, but the main problem was that customers were not ready for her non-standard projects. The creativity of the “architect on paper” was not in demand, but Zakha did not lose heart and continued to work.

A serious turn to the top

In 1997, the situation changed radically. It was then that the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bilbao was built. The Spanish building was designed by someone working in the same style as Hadid - deconstructivism, which was called surrealism in architecture. Complex, futuristic forms of buildings with irregular lines aggressively invaded the urban area. After this, the British woman’s studio was inundated with orders. Zaha proved that even the most fantastic ideas come to life, becoming works of modern art.

Sheikh Zayed Bridge

In 2010, the Sheikh Zayed Bridge, designed by Zaha Hadid, was inaugurated. The sights she created always amazed me with their scale. This design was no exception. It connected the island of Abu Dhabi with the mainland part of the country. And it became a real decoration of the capital of the UAE.

The unusual shape of the bridge attracts the attention of all city guests. It is built in the form of a huge ship deck, which is “washed” by three snow-white high arches, reminiscent of sand dunes in their shape. Or waves. This stunning structure with a capacity of 16 thousand cars per hour fascinates with its grandeur. And in evening time the symbol of the country's development is beautifully illuminated, forcing even local residents to admire the spectacular spectacle.

Glasgow Transport Museum

Appearance in big city the transport museum has become another proof professionalism of the studio, led by Zaha Hadid. Its sights always aroused delight. This building delighted visitors with its original form. And it received the highest rating not only from fellow architects, but also from the press.

More than three thousand exhibits are located on the vast territory of the exhibition complex, which tells about the origins of transport in Glasgow. Due to the unusually shaped ceiling that turns into the floor, the structure of five tunnels represented in the form of shiny silver waves, and the ancient sailboat moored at the entrance, the futuristic building began to be compared to a giant iceberg.

science and technology

In Germany, the largest project is the Museum of Science and Technology in Wolfsburg, made of which was first used by Zaha Hadid. The sights (photo presented in the article) that received the prestigious award became the author’s favorite complex. The talented woman admitted that this is the most completed work of all previously erected.

From afar, the scientific center with the experimental stations located inside resembles spaceship, easily floating above the ground.

BMW plant

The building, presented to the public in 2005, was called “the anthem of modern industry” by critics. Part of the BMW plant and office center - another one successful project, which was carried out by Zaha Hadid. The landmarks feature a perfect architectural design that meets all industrial requirements. And the uniqueness of the project lies in the harmonious combination of the external attractiveness of the brilliant complex and the huge number of interior spaces in which daily production processes take place.

Zaha Hadid: attractions

The architecture of the talented British woman was once unknown in Russia, but after an incredible building, commissioned by billionaire V. Doronin, appeared in Barvikha, the name of the genius recognized during her lifetime began to thunder everywhere.

The mansion, more reminiscent of an unidentified flying object, rises above the rest of the buildings of the rich. The high tower offers a picturesque view of the local nature, and the premises itself contain a huge number of guest rooms, three types of baths, and luxurious living rooms designed by Zaha Hadid. The landmarks designed by her often became symbols of a particular place. This mansion, built at the time when Doronin lived with supermodel N. Campbell, has now become the main futuristic object of Barvikha.

Huge loss

Having become the founder of a new style and having a huge influence on the closed world of architecture, worldwide famous star proved her professionalism. In this article, we looked at the history of the beginning of the career and the methods of the architect Zaha Hadid implemented in the most unusual designs. The landmarks built by her company had a great influence on the image of future cities. Her loss is an irreparable loss for everything. architectural world. However, after the departure of the genius, the direction of deconstructivism and its methods developed independently.

(Zaha Hadid)- one of the most famous modern architects. She became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize.

Hadid was born in 1950 year in Baghdad, and died in 2016 year from a heart attack in Miami, leaving behind bold buildings around the world, including in Russia. She is remembered by the world not only as an architect, but also as an artist, designer and simply a strong and purposeful person.

Family, childhood, school

Hadid was the child of an intelligent Iraqi family living in Baghdad. Her father, Muhammad Hadid, was the leader of the Democratic Party, which sought to modernize Iraq. He himself graduated from the London School of Economics. This is how Zaha herself speaks of him: “He was a man of action and a man of ideas.” Zaha's mother Wajiha al-Sabunji studied at English and Swiss schools, was a very witty woman with good taste, and also an artist. She taught her daughter to draw.

Iraq was a closed country in those years, but the Hadid family had the opportunity to travel. Both Hadid brothers studied in Britain: one at Oxford, the other at Cambridge. Zaha herself went to a Catholic convent school and grew up in a mixture of Western and Eastern cultures, and Iraq was a place where representatives of different races and religions lived side by side.

Baghdad during Hadid's childhood was a progressive city and influenced by modernism. Once they bought an asymmetrical mirror for Zakha’s room, which really impressed the girl. She immediately decided to redecorate her bedroom, and did it so well that her cousin and aunt subsequently asked to renovate their rooms as well.

University

After school in 1968, Zaha went to Beirut, a Lebanese city, where she studied mathematics at the American University. Hadid dreamed of becoming an architect since childhood. In 1972 she began training at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London ( Architectural Association School of Architecture), which was recommended to her by her brother. At that time, the School was headed by Alvin Boyarsky, who had a huge influence both on the development of the school itself and on Hadid herself.

Hadid's architectural style was heavily influenced by the Russian avant-garde, especially Malevich

Hadid's architectural style was heavily influenced by the Russian avant-garde, especially Malevich. She called her thesis "Malevich's Tectonics" - a project for a residential bridge on the Thames.

Below is the interior of Zaha Hadid's apartment in London, where an entire wall is occupied by a copy of her diploma work "Malevich's Tectonics" (photographer Henry Bourne).

Carier start

After the School of Architecture, Zaha got a job in the OMA bureau of Rem Koolhaas. He is a Dutch architect and deconstructivist theorist who was Hadid's teacher at the School of Architecture. In 1979 she opened the firm Zaha Hadid Architects.

The first few years, things went poorly: Hadid’s difficult character, her stubbornness and her own vision of architecture repelled customers. The company dealt with small orders, unfulfilled projects accumulated, remaining to live on paper. For them, the architect received various prizes at prestigious competitions, however, she was not able to bring any of this to life.

But then, in 1990, Hadid's bureau began to work on an order for the construction of a fire station building for the designer furniture manufacturer Virta in the German city of Weil am Rhein. In this building, Hadid’s passion for Malevich and Kandinsky is especially evident: the building seems to have come straight out of the latter’s painting, losing only its bright colors.

Complex "Vitra". Weil am Rhein Germany. 1994

Complex "Vitra". Evening photo showing the lighting of the building.

The recognition of deconstructivism came in 1997 with the success of the Guggenheim Museum building in the northern Spanish city of Bilbao, built according to the project. From now on, orders begin to arrive at Hadid's bureau.

An indicative story for this period of her life was the struggle for the possibility of building an Opera House in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Bureau Hadid wins the competition, and soon the customer cancels the results. Then she wins a second time, but after that the project is canceled completely.

Success

At the beginning of Hadid’s career, a significant influence on her work from the early Russian avant-garde was noticeable: Zaha, speaking about her favorite artists, spoke of them like this: “What attracted me to the Russian avant-garde artists was the spirit of courage, risk, innovation, the desire for everything new and faith in the power of invention.” Over time, her works begin to take on softer and more fluid forms. Its development architectural style was caused by the desire to lighten buildings so that they would not look like heavy structures, but light, dynamic and fit into the surrounding space.

In 2004, at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Hadid received the Pritzker Prize, the first to go to a woman.

In 2004, a huge event occurred in the life of Hadid and the entire architectural world. In the Hermitage of St. Petersburg she received the Pritzker Prize, the first time given to a woman. This prestigious award once again confirmed the significance of Hadid's contribution to the development of architecture.

Hadid usually did not use a computer for work: she embodied all her ideas on paper. One day, Hadid decided to find out how many options there could be for organizing space, and took one apartment as an example. After a few days, it became clear that there could be at least seven hundred such options. Such strength of thought and hard work is amazing.

Notable projects

Leeza SOHO Tower, Beijing, China

The eco-friendly Leeza SOHO double tower consists of two parts with an enclosed atrium between them. Zaha Hadid Architects and the Chinese company Soho China introduced technologies into the project that can significantly reduce energy consumption and pollutant emissions.

Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

The project was ordered by the studio in 1997, and in 2003 the building was ready. It hosts exhibitions, installations and performances. It was for this project that Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Prize.

Springboard Bergisel, Innsbruck, Austria

Hadid replaced the old ski jump located in the Austrian city of Innsbruck. In 2002, the springboard was already ready.

BMW plant headquarters, Leipzig, Germany

The building was a reimagining of the traditional office - transforming it and the functions it contains into a more dynamic, attractive 'communications hub'.

National Museum of 21st Century Art / MAXXI, Rome, Italy

The Museum of Modern Art opened in Rome in 2010. The Romans call it “pasta”, it’s hard to say why.

Aquatics Centre, London, England

The water sports center was designed by Hadid Olympic Games 2012.

Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan

The center, named after the third president of Azerbaijan, includes an auditorium, museum, exhibition halls and administrative offices.

Futuristic mansion Capital Hill Residence, Moscow, Russia

This house, reminiscent of a spaceship, was built in the village of Barvikha. The architect was commissioned by Russian businessman Vladislav Doronin.

Central Bank of Iraq building

Hadid always dreamed of building something in her beloved homeland. In 2011, her company received an order for the building of the Central Bank of Iraq. Unfortunately, the architect did not live to see the construction completed.

Of course, this is only a small part of the projects of the ZHA bureau. You can get acquainted with the rest and read more about them on the bureau’s website.

Some more impressive projects.

Design

In addition to working at her company, Hadid also taught and traveled around the world giving lectures. She also painted, worked on books and designed exhibitions. But beyond Hadid's architecture, her design is also impressive. All these objects look as monumental and fluid as her buildings.

Lamellae twisted bangle - Sterling Silver

Lamellae long bangle - Sterling Silver

Lamellae open ring in black rhodium

Lamellae open ring in yellow gold

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