Get some Z at the Design Museum
Oct 8th, 2007
Give us a “Z”! Give us an “A”! Give us an “H”! Give us an “A”! Zaha Hadid is the queen starchitect - the undisputed champion of signature architecture. From the moment she could write her own name, Zaha has been creating masterpieces. Her trademark geometric Zs are almost certainly the starting point for every project, but it is perhaps only when we see all her buildings, paintings, plans and projects together that we can fully appreciate how she follows through with those perspective warping combinations of As and Hs. And every now and then she will surprise us with a beautiful sinuous D curve and a rare straight vertical I.
Critics and fans alike have long wondered where she finds her inspiration - where do her forms come from? Her architecture rarely fails to astonish, and yet it is always unmistakably her own. Although it has been attributed to her willingness to experiment with new technologies, her tireless pushing at the boundaries of materials and construction methods over and above all that Zaha is an artist. And her conceptual approach begins by taking a long hard look at herself. There’s no doubt about it, this architect puts the “I” in “iconic”.
October 26th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Perfect !
November 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
Excellent !
November 6th, 2007 at 9:23 pm
so greact really …