Zaha Hadid Architects

Zaha Hadid Architects Crafts a High-Tech Tower for Hong Kong

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

The bulbous Henderson office building sprouts in the city’s central business district, pushing the limits of curved glazing.

Zaha Hadid Architects’ King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station Opens in Riyadh

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:29:21 -0500

The undulating, concrete panel–clad transit hub anchors the Saudi Arabian capital’s new automated rail system.

DESIGN:ED Podcast: Brett Steele

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:49:46 -0500

Brett Steele joins the podcast to discuss transitioning to his new role as dean of the USC School of Architecture and how his past experiences at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Architectural Association shaped his approach to the profession.

Developer Seeks Approval for Zaha Hadid Architects–Designed Condo Complex at Surfside Collapse Site

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:05:20 -0400

Dubai-based developer Damac acquired the property, site of one of the deadliest structural failures in U.S. history, in 2022 for $120 million.

Hundreds of Staff from Zaha Hadid Architects Celebrate New Work in the UAE

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 02:03:50 -0500

The firm invited its London-based architects to experience recently completed projects in Dubai and Sharjah.

Major British Firms Withdraw from 'Architects Declare' Movement

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 13:26:00 -0500

Foster + Partners announced it would leave the climate initiative over an aviation skirmish, followed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

The Opus by Omniyat Illuminates Dubai's Burj Kalifa District

Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400

Working with dpa lighting consultants, Zaha Hadid Architects adds a welcome volumetric diversion to the rigid linearity of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa district.

Zaha Hadid Architects Hit With Ransomware Attack

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:15:00 -0400

The Architects' Journal reports that a hacker stole confidential data from the London-based firm in an attempt to extort money. Across sectors, cyber attacks have increased dramatically during the pandemic.

Leeza SOHO Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500

Inside this curving glass tower in Beijing is a swirling, soaring atrium that fosters transparency and connectivity.

Beijing Daxing International Airport by ADP Ingénierie and Zaha Hadid Architects

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0400

An otherworldly new terminal, just opened in Beijing, alleviates pressure on the capital city's existing airport. Read our story from the July airports issue, and watch a new video about the project.

Zaha Hadid’s Al Wakrah Stadium Opens as the Latest Addition to Qatar’s Cultural Landscape

Thu, 23 May 2019 09:00:00 -0400

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup imminent, Qatar is on a tear to reshape its capital, building stand-out architecture and legacy infrastructure that will shape the city for decades.

Pop-up Zaha Hadid Gallery Opens in NYC

Lentzl@bnpmedia.com (Linda C. Lentz) — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:00:00 -0500

A surprise pop-up gallery by Zaha Hadid Architects opened in New York on November 8^th, highlighting the firm’s scope of work since its beginnings 40 years ago in the 1970s.

Leeza SOHO Tower by Zaha Hadid Architects

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0400

Although it's still under construction, Zaha Hadid's Leeza SOHO Tower in Beijing has an atrium that is a sight to behold.

The Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 08:00:00 -0400

One of the first completed projects from Zaha Hadid’s office since her untimely death, at 65 in March this year, the new Port House on the sprawling docks of Antwerp, Belgium, is a bravura, if distinctly eccentric work.

Zaha Hadid’s Design for Kurt Schwitters Exhibition

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0400

In Zurich, the walls of Galerie Gmurzynska’s latest exhibition, Kurt Schwitters: Merz, ripple and swell with the last art installation designed by Zaha Hadid.

Remembering Zaha Hadid

Sun, 01 May 2016 09:30:00 -0400

Reflecting on the impact of the architect’s visionary work and larger-than-life persona.

First Project Since Zaha Hadid's Death Opens

Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400

The Salerno Maritime Terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) was inaugurated today in southwestern Italy, marking the first project to be completed since the death of Zaha Hadid on March 31.

Funeral Services Held for Zaha Hadid in London

Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Last Wednesday, just as a thousand people left the prayer service for Zaha Hadid at London’s Grand Mosque, it started to rain—appropriately enough at a dramatic diagonal—and not long after, as her family and friends motored in a caravan of buses to a cemetery in Surrey, the clouds parted and a double rainbow appeared.

Travels With Zaha

Tue, 05 Apr 2016 00:00:00 -0400

A critic remembers a madcap Brazilian sojourn with Zaha Hadid.

Frank Gehry Reflects on Zaha Hadid’s Legacy

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:41:00 -0400

When asked to reflect on architect Zaha Hadid’s legacy, Frank Gehry had four words: “Great architect, great person.”

Zaha Hadid Dies at 65

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 12:00:00 -0400

Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect known for her sensuous curvilinear structures that blurred the line between architecture and art, died Thursday morning in a Miami hospital.

Prefab Pavilions by Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto, Lenny Kravitz, and More

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:44:00 -0500

Developer Robbie Antonio taps stars and starchitects for high-end prefab pavilions.

Messner Mountain Museum Corones

Tue, 01 Dec 2015 10:17:00 -0500

Designing a museum is nothing new for Zaha Hadid Architects. Creating one on top of Mount Kronplatz in northern Italy is something else entirely.

Whiz Kids: A New Exhibition Explores Architects' Childhood Memories

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0400

I grew up with what Peter Smithson described as a whiff of the powder of Modernism, and with a passion for its architecture – plus a presumption that architecture was women’s work,” Denise Scott Brown said in a recent interview with architecture curator Clare Farrow, recalling her Norman Hanson-designed childhood Johannesburg home and how it helped steer her towards her venerated career.

A Glimpse into Zaha Hadid's Luxe Residential Project in New York

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:00:00 -0400

Sales have officially commenced for Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th Street, a curvaceous luxury mid-rise tower that will join the throng of bombastic buildings abutting Manhattan’s High Line.

Zaha Hadid Quits Tokyo Olympic Stadium Competition

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:00:00 -0400

ZHA and Nikken Sekkei team could not secure a construction company. Two months after Zaha Hadid’s $2 billion design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo was scrapped, the architect announced her firm will no longer participate in the competition for a new design. “It is disappointing,” Zaha Hadid Architects wrote in a statement released today, “that the two years of work and investment in the existing design for a new National Stadium for Japan cannot be further developed to meet the new brief through the new design competition.”Earlier this month, Hadid’s firm partnered with Japanese architecture and engineering firm

Zaha Hadid Architects Seeks to Set Record Straight About Tokyo Stadium Ouster

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0400

"Our warning was not heeded" the firm says. Japanese officials are finding out that breaking up is hard to do, especially with Zaha Hadid. Today the starchitect's London-based firm Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) issued a 1,440 word statement to "set the record straight" regarding its ouster from the National Stadium design in Tokyo. The rebuttal comes after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced July 17 that the stadium design would "start over from zero" after contending with costs soaring upwards of $2 billion, which many attributed to ZHA's bombastic plan.ZHA begs to differ.In the statement, the firm asserts that its

Zaha Hadid's $2 Billion Tokyo Stadium Design Cancelled

Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:00:00 -0400

After nearly three years of fierce criticism, revisions, budget cuts, and soaring costs, plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed Olympic stadium in Tokyo—an 80,000-seat stingray-like arena set to rise 20 stories in the city’s heart—has been cancelled.

The High Life

Sat, 16 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400

As you traverse the streets of Midtown Manhattan, the new skyscraper known as 432 Park Avenue pops in and out of view unexpectedly, hidden behind the Waldorf-Astoria at one moment, then looming menacingly over Lever House'a giant watchtower of blindingly white concrete with the proportions of an elongated toothpaste box stood on end.

Case Closed: Zaha Hadid v. New York Review of Books and Martin Filler

Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:00:00 -0500

After a highly publicized five-month battle, the dust has finally settled on the lawsuit that Zaha Hadid filed against New York Review of Books (NYRB) and critic Martin Filler.