Zaha Hadid

104 Pages·2016·56.927 MB·English

by  Philip Jodidio

PHILIP JODIDIO
TASCH EN
Radical space
How Zaha Hadid created a 21st-century architecture
Zaha Had1d was a wildly controversial arch1tect whose work
rema,ned largely unbu1lt for years. desp1te awards and cntlcal
accla1m Dur1ng the latter years of her l1fe. Had1d's darmg
VISIOns became a real1ty. br1ng1ng a un1que new architectural
language to c1t1es and structures. such as the Rosenthal Center
for Contemporary Art 1n Cmc1nnat1. the Glasgow R1verside
Museum. and the Broad Art Museum 1n M1ch1gan At the time of
her death 1n 2016. Had1d was firmly establ1shed among the elite of
world arch1tecture. work1ng on projects 1n Chma, the M1ddle East.
the Un1ted States. and Russ1a.
From her early sharply angled buildmgs to later more flu1d
arch1tecture that made floors. ceilmgs. walls. and furn1ture part of
an overall des1gn. th1s essent1al1ntroduction presents key
examples of Had1d's p1oneermg pract1ce She was an art1st. as
much as an arch1tect. who fought to break the old rules and
crafted her own 21st·century un1verse.
The author Philip Jodidio (born 1954) stud1ed art h1story and
econom1cs at Harvard. and ed1ted Conna1ssance des Arts for over
20 years H1s books mclude TASCH EN's Architecture Now' ser1es.
and monographs on Tadao Ando. R1chard Me1er. Renzo P1ano,
jean Nouvel. and Alvaro S1za. He IS 1nternat1onally renowned
as one of the most popular wnters on the subject of architecture
"It is about no ninety-degree corners.
The diagonal was the beginning of
all this. The diagonal created the idea
of the explosion reforming space.
That was an important discovery."
-Zaha Hadid
Front cover: Guangzhou Opera House.
Guangzhou. Ch1na. 2003-10
'0 H ufton ~ Crow
Back cover: Zaha Had1d. 2008
'0 Henry Bourne

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ZAHA HADID
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The Explosion Reforming Space
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Contents
6 Introduction
26 Vitra Fire Station
30 Landscape Formation One
32 Bergisel Ski Jump
34 Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art
36 Phaeno Science Center
40 Ordrupgaard Museum Extension
42 BMW Central Building
44 Maggie's Centre Fife
46 Nordpark Railway Stations
50 Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion
52 Sheikh Zayed Bridge
54 MAXXI: National Museum of XXI Century Arts
58 Guangzhou Opera House
62 Evelyn Grace Academy
64 Glasgow Riverside Museum
66 CMA CGM Tower
68 London Aquatics Centre
70 Mobile Art- Chanel Contemporary Art Container
72 PierresVives
74 Broad Art Museum
76 Galaxy SOHO
78 Heydar Aliyev Center
82 Dongdaemun Design Plaza
84 Jockey Club Innovation Tower
86 Wangjing SOHO
88 Messner Mountain Museum Corones
go lnvestcorp Building
93 World Map
94 Collaborators
95 Prizes and Awards
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g6 Life and Work Bibliography Credits