Zaha Hadid
Biography:
Zaha Hadid, born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1950. Studied Mathematics at the American University in Beirut and Architecture at the Architectural Association School in London. In 1980, after her studies, she established an architecture bureau in London and taught at the Architectural Association School.
In 1982, she won the “Architectural Design” Gold Medal for a design for conversion work on a maisonette apartment in Eaton Place, London, and the competition for the “Peak Club” in Hong Kong. In 1986, she came first in a competition for a building on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin and held exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum New York and the G.A. Gallery in Tokyo. In 1988, she held a joint exhibition, “Deconstructive Architecture“, with Philip Johnson and Mark Wigley at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2004, Zaha Hadid became the first woman to be awarded the Hyatt Foundation’s Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Projects:
Projects for Vitra:
- 1993 Vitra Fire Station on the Vitra Campus, the very first building that Zaha Hadid actually realized, Weil am Rhein
Products in collaboration with Vitra:
- "Mesa" for Vitra Edition, 2007
Other projects:
- 2007 Majan Tower, Dubai
- 2007 The Opus Tower, Dubai
- 2007 Moscow Expo, Moscow
- 2007 Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre
- 2007 Szervita Square Tower, Budapest
- 2006 Art Museum, Cagliari
- 2006 Maggie’s Centre, Fife
- 2006 Lopez de Heredia Winery, Haro
- 2006 Business Bay Towers, Dubai
- 2006 American University Beirut
- 2006 Library of the University of Seville, Seville
- 2005 Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg
- 2005 Extension to Ordrupgaard Museum, Copenhagen
- 2005 Hotel Puerta America (interior), Madrid
- 2005 BMW HQ, Leipzig
- 2003 Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati
- 2002 Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck
- 2001 Hoenheim-Nord Terminus, Strasbourg
- 2000 Villa Medici Installation, Rome
- 1999 The Mind Zone, Millennium Dome, London
- 1998 State Horticultural Show, Weil am Rhein
- 1997 MAXXI National Centre for Contemporary Arts, 1st prize, Rome
- 1993 Thames Water Habitable Bridge Competition, 1st prize, London
- 1993 Cardiff Bay Opera House, 1st prize, Cardiff
Exhibitions:
- 2007 Installation for the Serpentine Gallery, London
• 2007 "Zaha Hadid: Design & Architecture“, Design Museum, London
- 2007 "Global Cities“, Tate Modern, London
- 2007 Design Miami Basle, Basle
- 2007 “Airs de Paris“, Centre Pompidou, Paris
- 2007 Milan Furniture Fair, Milan
- 2007 “Ideal House“, IMM, Cologne
- 2006 "Seamless Collection“, Phillips de Pury, New York
- 2006 "All the Best“, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
- 2006 "Zaha Hadid“, Guggenheim Museum, New York
- 2006 The Wallpaper* "Global Edit“, Salone, Milan
- 2005 "Zaha Hadid: Silver Paintings“, ROVE Gallery, London
- 2005 "Elastika“ installation for Art Basel, Miami
- 2005 "25 Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank“, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
- 2004 "Zaha Hadid“, Istanbul
- 2004 Architecture Biennial, Venice
- 2003 "Zaha Hadid Architecture“ at the MAK Exhibition Hall, Vienna
- 2000 ICA Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
- 1992 "Russian Avant-garde“, Guggenheim Museum, New York
