Urban Nebula is a sculptural installation that explores the potential of pre-cast concrete as a medium for repetitive and fluid form.
Urban Nebula is one half of Size + Matter, a project by Zaha Hadid and Amanda Levete for the London Design Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
This model of the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre is probably the most spectacular of all the models in the show. Architecturally the project - which was announced earlier this year - marks a new direction for Hadid, with the building’s forms being variously described as resembling an internal organ or a pair of mating lizards.
Nadja Swarovski, Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Julia Peyton-Jones share a joke yesterday at the opening of Lilas: an installation by Zaha Hadid Architects at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Swarovski (left) sponsored the structure; Peyton-Jones (in hat) is the gallery director and Obrist (white shirt) is the gallery’s international projects director. 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 »
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.
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 »
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…
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 »
Here are a couple of recent photos of construction work on Guangzhou Opera House in China by Zaha Hadid Architects, plus renderings and a project description.
The building, which is project directed by architect Woody Yao (see interview, previous post), consists of two “boulder” formations and reflects Hadid’s increasing interest in dune-like formations. Read the rest of this entry »
