Here is a short interview with Zaha that we conducted at the press preview of the exhibition last week. In it, Zaha talks about the exhibition, as well as about the difference between designing furniture and buildings, and the impact she feels her work has had on architecture. Above is a screen grab from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
In this interview we conducted last week, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic introduces the exhibition and talks about the reasons why he chose Zaha Hadid as the subject of his first major architecture exhibition. Above is a screen shot from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
Zaha Hadid took part in an architecture debate called 2012 Wishlist: What do you want for London? at Tate Modern on Saturday. The event was part of the Debate London series of discussions about how the city should use the opportunity of the Olympic Games in 2012 to change for the better. A Flash movie of the debate is on the Debate London website.
Form Informing Urbanism - Parametric Urbanism is an animated film created by Zaha Hadid Architects for the Global Cities exhibition at Tate Modern, which opened in London on Wednesday. Above is a screen-grab from the movie; the actual move is below… Read the rest of this entry »
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 »
Here 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…
