Exhibition Media Day Details
Jun 21st, 2007Broadcast Only: 10:30 to 12:00
Press Viewing: 13:00 to 14:30
Press Conference: 14:30 to 15:30
To apply for media accreditation (essential) email full details to: media@designmuseum.org
Rowan Moore writes…
Jun 22nd, 2007Anyone who knows Zaha knows that the most fearful word in her vocabulary is “hello”. Or rather a gravelly, contemptuous, interrogatory “hel-lo-o?” whenever she encounters something particularly absurd. If it were possible to convey the full phonetic and expressive richness of this word in mere digital type “Hel-lo-o?” would be a great name for this blog, combining as it does, in the manner perfected my Marcus Fairs, the style of Hello! magazine with architectural revelation and the persona of ZH. Read the rest of this entry »
Dunes in Venice - the movie
Jun 21st, 2007
Online architecture TV channel archiworld.tv has given us this movie showing the installation of Zaha Hadid’s Dune Formations in Venice earlier this month. The film shows the sculptural forms arriving by canal barge, being hoisted up several storeys of scaffolding and manhandled up the staircases of the Scuola dei Mercanti, where the installation was presented during the Venice art biennale by David Gill Galleries. Above is a screen-shot from the movie; the actual movie is below… Read the rest of this entry »
ZAHA IN TIME OUT
Jun 20th, 2007Check out Ossian Ward’s interview with Zaha in this week’s Time Out London - on sale today.
www.timeout.com
This is now available to read online: http://www.timeout.com/london/art/features/3047.html
Installation at the Serpentine Gallery
Jun 18th, 2007
Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have designed a temporary canopy that will be built at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London, this summer. The pavilion will be in place from 12 to 21 July 2007 and will serve as a venue for the gallery’s famous summer party and other events. More information over on dezeen.
Where’s Zaha? #2 Basel
Jun 18th, 2007
Zaha Hadid was in Basel, Switzerland last week, where a number of her furniture designs were exhibited at the Design Miami/Basel collectors’ fair. In fact, she probably had more work at the show than any other living designer.
Zaha visited the show on Wednesday, chatting to clients including Kenny Schachter of Rove Gallery (top image) and enjoying a chance encounter with Alasdhair Willis of Established & Sons (above and below). Read the rest of this entry »
Telegraph Magazine interviews Zaha
Jun 18th, 2007
This weekend the Telegraph Magazine ran an interview with Zaha Hadid by former music journalist and editor of The Face, Sheryl Garratt. Read the interview here.
Travelling exhibition pavilion for Chanel
Jun 13th, 2007
This design for a mobile exhibition venue for fashion brand Chanel was launched in Venice last week during the Art Biennale opening weekend.
Venice was also the venue for Hadid’s Dune Formations installation.
Below is some info about the Chanel project from Zaha’s office: Read the rest of this entry »
Zaha at The Opus press launch
Jun 12th, 2007Here is a (very shaky) video of Zaha Hadid at the launch of The Opus, a design for a new office building for Omniyat Properties at Business Bay in Dubai.
In the clip Zaha explains the concept behind the project, which is based around the idea of a cube that has been eroded at its centre.
The launch was held at The Lanesborough Hotel in London a couple of weeks ago; see images of the project over on dezeen.
Apologies for the amateurish quality of the movie, which is not helped by the fact that the photographer sitting directly in front keeps craning his head and blocking our view…
BMW Central Building
Jun 11th, 2007
Here are some more photos plus a project description of BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany by Zaha Hadid Architects. Read the rest of this entry »
