Zaha Hadid
Designer furniture by Zaha Hadid at lachair.com
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 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
