The Rectorate of Palermo University is based in the Palazzo Chiaramonte-Sterni which faces onto a square in the historic area of Palermo down near the sea which at that time came further inland and indeed up to the Palazzo itself. Completed in the early 14th century, it was built by the powerful Chiaramonte family who […]
On an expansive flat plateau with views across to the city sit sculptural concrete forms - a pillar for a pencil, curved waves like the wings of the bird or the waves of the ocean, circular pools like ink wells. Oscar Niemeyer (1907 – 2012) considered the University of Mentouri in Constantine in Algeria built between […]
At the heart of the new campus for WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien or Vienna University of Economics and Business) opened in 2013 is Zaha Hadid’s Library and Learning Centre (LLC). WU, originally founded in 1898, is the largest university for business/economics in Europe and is ranked as one of the best business schools in Europe. After […]
Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is in the process of a major capital investment plan to radically improve and modernise its estate. The £55 million new Business School and Student Hub, opened in 2012, was the university’s most significant new building project since the 1960s, replacing an outdated building elsewhere in the city. Designed by Feilden […]
Zaha Hadid’s first building in Hong Kong, recently completed, is the Jockey Club Innovation Tower for Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The 76 metre high building is located on the University’s campus close to Hung Hom station in Kowloon and povides 12,000 sq m net space for about 1,800 staff and students. Zaha Hadid won the […]
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