Jul 12th, 2007
Every Sunday throughout July, between 2 - 5pm, budding young architects can design and build their own amazing buildings and landmark structures at the Design Museum. These workshops are £4 for children, who must be accompanied by an adult £7. Cost includes entry to exhibitions. Workshop are suitable for children aged 5 - 11. Booking is essential to avoid dissapointment.
Book online or by phone 020 7940 8783 or email tickets@designmuseum.org
The picture shows Dhian Dhaliwal, 5, and the ‘modern eco-home’ he built at the Architecture Week kids workshop at the museum. His eco-home features chickens and a fruit and vegtable patch for a self-sufficient lifestyle.
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Jul 11th, 2007
The VIP dinner held in the Blueprint Cafe after the private view of the show the other week was a wonderful occasion, and was rounded off by entertaining and insightful speeches by Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic and Zaha herself. Afterwards, Sir Terence Conran stood up and said the exhibition was the best he’d ever seen at the museum - but we’d run out of camera memory at that point.
Here’s Deyan’s speech first (see below for the movie - it’s a large file so takes a while to load) in which he talks about the Zaha show as well as his future plans for the museum. We’ll put Zaha’s speech up soon. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 9th, 2007
Famous designers including Stella McCartney, Ron Arad, Nigel Coates and Tom Dixon - and Zaha herself of course - were at the private view for the Zaha show at the Design Museum the other week. This video by Gemma Coombs shows them all milling at the party with the likes of Tate Modern director Sir Nicholas Serota and Sir Terence Conran. Above is a still from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 5th, 2007
In our latest movie, Zaha Hadid, Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic and Woody Yao (the architect at Zaha’s office who put the exhibition together) face the press to talk about the exhibition and answer questions. Above is a screen grab from the movie; the actual movie is below. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul 3rd, 2007
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 »
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Jul 3rd, 2007
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 »
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Jul 3rd, 2007
Read Dominic Bradbury’s review of the show in today’s Daily Telegraph.
” There seems little doubt that Hadid will go down in history as one of the great architectural pioneers, and this exhibition helps confirm that view.” *****
The Design Museum and Daily Telegraph have organised a readers evening on 9 July including a tour of the exhibition and champagne and canapes. Tickets are £10 and can be booked on 0871 522 8026.
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Jul 2nd, 2007
The first press reviews of the Zaha Hadid - Architecture and Design exhibition have been published.
Edwin Heathcote, architecture critic at the Financial Times, has written a review/interview (above) in which he states: “Her time has come. The Design Museum show documents an architect at the peak of her career.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun 29th, 2007
Congratulations to Things To Look At blog for being, we believe, the first to post photos and a review of the exhibition (apart from us of course, but we have an unfair advantage).
Here are a couple of photos from Things To Look At; see more here.
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Jun 29th, 2007
ITV1 will broadcast a special South Bank Show on Sunday night, devoted to Zaha Hadid. The arts programme has been filmed to tie in with the exhibition at the Design Museum, and sees Zaha walking round and talking about some of her built projects, including the Phaeno science centre in Wolfsburg, Germany.
The programme starts at 22.45, Sunday 1 July, on ITV1.
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