Dame Zaha Hadid 1950 - 2016
Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950, Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize and the first woman to win a Royal Gold Medal in her own right. Her work experiments with new spatial concepts and encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban spaces to products and furniture. At the age of 65, young for any architect, she died suddenly of a heart attack.
Zaha Hadid Design creates a wide variety of pieces for living and for the home, from architecturally inspired homeware, and sculptural jewellery, to limited edition furniture, and innovative installations and interiors. By exploring the latest in technological and material innovations, combined with bespoke craftsmanship, Zaha Hadid pushes the boundaries of traditional design methodologies
Born: October 31, 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq
Died: March 31, 2016 in Miami Beach, Florida
Education:
1977: Diploma Prize, Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture in London
Studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon prior to moving to London in 1972
Notable Works:
1993: A fire station for the Vitra Company in Weil am Rhein, Germany
2000: Inaugural Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, London, UK
2001: Terminus Hoenheim-Nord, a "park and ride" and tramway on the outskirts of Strasbourg, France
2002: Bergisel Ski Jump, Austria
2003: The Richard and Lois Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio
2005: Phæno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany
2008: Pedestrian Bridge and Exposition Pavilions, Zaragoza, Spain
2009: MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy
2010: Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2010: Guangzhou Opera House, China
2011: Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow, Scotland
2005: Phæno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany
2008: Pedestrian Bridge and Exposition Pavilions, Zaragoza, Spain
2009: MAXXI: National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy
2010: Sheikh Zayed Bridge, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2010: Guangzhou Opera House, China
2011: Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow, Scotland
2011: Aquatics Centre, London, United Kingdom; post-Olympic reconfiguration in 2014
2011: CMA CGM Corporate Headquarters, Marseille, France
2012: Pierres Vives, Montpellier, France
2011: CMA CGM Corporate Headquarters, Marseille, France
2012: Pierres Vives, Montpellier, France
2014: Messner Mountain Museum at Plan de Corones, South Tyrol, Italy
2017: Expected completion of Hadid Tower, office skyscraper for CityLife, Milan, Italy
2017: Expected completion of One Thousand Museum Condos, Miami, Florida
2022: (proposed) al-Wakrah Stadium, Qatar
Product design works:
.“She leaves behind a body of work from buildings to furniture, footwear and cars, that delight and astound people all around the world. The world of architecture has lost a star today.”
Zaha Hadid worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with her former teachers, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis
In 1979, Zaha Hadid opened her own practice, Zaha Hadid Architects. Patrik Schumacher joined her in 1988.
"Working with senior office partner, Patrik Schumacher, Hadid's interest lies in the rigorous interface between architecture, landscape, and geology as her practice integrates natural topography and human-made systems, leading to experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. Such a process often results in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms."
About Zaha Hadid:
From parking garages and ski-jumps to vast urban landscapes, Zaha Hadid's works have been called bold, unconventional, and theatrical. Zaha Hadid studied and worked under Rem Koolhaas, and like Koolhaas, she often brings a deconstructivist approach to her designs.
Since 1988, Patrik Schumacher had been Hadid's closest design partner. Schumacher is said to have coined the tern parametric-ism to describe the curvaceous, computer-aided designs of Zaha Hadid Architects. Learn more in the article Parametric Design in the 21st Century.
Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize. Learn more from Citation from the 2004 Pritzker Prize Jury.
“Dame Zaha Hadid was an inspirational woman, and the kind of architect one can only dream of being. Visionary and highly experimental, her legacy, despite her young age, is formidable... She leaves behind a body of work from buildings to furniture, footwear and cars, that delight and astound people all around the world. The world of architecture has lost a star today.” -Jane Duncan, President of RIBA
Related story: Royal Gold Medal for Zaha Hadid was "totally overdue" says RIBA president
She will be sadly missed as an iconic leader in Architecture & Design.
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