[SENIBINA] Architect Zaha Hadid dies at 65

bianglala · Post time 1-4-2016 03:51 PM

Edited by Farini at 3-4-2016 08:08 AM

Award-winning architect Zaha Hadid, whose designs included the London Aquatic Centre, died Thursday at the age of 65, a representative said.

A statement from her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, confirmed that Hadid was being treated for bronchitis at a hospital in Miami and died of a heart attack in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Born in Baghdad in 1950, Hadid studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut before joining the Architectural Association in London in 1972. She went on to establish her own practice in London in 1979.

In 2004, Hadid became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She twice won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the RIBA Stirling Prize: in 2010 for the design of the MAXXI Museum in Rome and in 2011 for the Evelyn Grace Academy in London. In 2016 she was awarded RIBA's Gold Medal for her work.

Hadid held various academic roles including the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois, School of Architecture. Hadid also taught studios at Columbia University, Yale University and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Zaha Hadid's first major built commission was the Vitra Fire Station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany (1993). She went on to design other notable projects i subsequent notable projects including the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku (2013) and Galaxy Soho in Beijing (2012).

Architect Frank Gehry said on Thursday: "She was a great architect and a great friend. I will miss her."

Source : CNN Style

bianglala · Post time 1-4-2016 03:55 PM

Vitra Fire Station (1993) - Weil Am Rhein, Germany. The Vitra Fire Station, Zaha Hadid's first independently realized building, was completed in 1993.

Maggie's Centre at Victoria Hospital (2006) - Kirkcaldy, Scotland. This cancer care centre on the grounds of Victoria Hospital was Hadid's first UK building.

Riverside Museum (2013) - Glasgow, Scotland. Hadid's Riverside Museum took home the European Museum of the Year Award in 2013.

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre (2012) - Baku, Azerbaijan. With her fluid design, Hadid hoped to move away from the rigidity that defines Azerbaijan when it was part of USSR.

Sheikh Zayed Bridge (2010) - Abu Dhabi, UAE. This distinctive curves of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge are meant to recall desert sand dunes.

Phaeno Science Centre (2005) - Wolfsburg, Germany. This interactive science centre that resembles a space ship was a landmark project for the country.

BMW Central Building (2004) - Leipzig, Germany. A year after completing the BMW Central Building, Hadid won the prestigious Priktzer Prize, making her the first woman to do so.

Messner Mountain Museum Corones (2015) - South Tyrol, Italy. Sitting atop Mount Kronplatz, the mountain museum was a collaboration between Hadid and Reinhold Messner, the first man to complete the ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.

Bridge Pavillion (2010) - Zaragoza, Spain - A hybrid of pedestrian footbridge and exhibiton pavillion. Hadid's fluid design mirror the theme of the Expo that year, ; water and sustainable development.

The London Aquatics Centre (2012) - London, England. Hadid's curvy London Aquatics Centre was the highlight of the 2012 Olympic Park.

Guangzhou Opera House (2010) - Guangzhou, China. Hadid likened her Guangzhou Opera House in China to two rocks washed up from the Pearl River and deposited on its bank.

MAXXI : Italian national Museum of 21st Century Arts (2010) - Rome, Italy. The 290,000 square foot structure become Italy's first national public museum of contemporary art when it opened in 2010..