Seven years since opening, Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum remains one of her UK triumphs, creating a flowing folded structure with glazed walls out to the river and the Tall Ship, the Glenlee, which was built down the river at Port Glasgow, her architectural shell providing a sculptural soaring warehouse filled with cars, trams, trains, buses, […]
An astonishing achievement which puts the wrangling over the Green Bridge in London (and its costs) to shame. The 1.45 mile long High Line in New York, the new urban park created on part of the disused elevated New York Central Railroad West Side Line, was opened in two phases in 2009 and 2011, running […]
Swirling overhead, embracing visitors to the gallery, the curved structure swoops up and down, representing the airflow around the Handley Page aircraft suspended within it, reflected also in the curved patterns of the flooring. Dame Zaha Hadid trained initially in mathematics before architecture, and it is therefore highly appropriate that her practice should have transformed part […]
The achievement of high quality design in the higher education sector has been recognised in the Regional Finals of the 2016 RIBA Awards with around 20 projects across the country demonstrating the high quality of architecture being achieved in a wide range of facilities from student centres and libraries to high-tech biomedical research buildings. Breathing new life […]
When Robert Adam designed the classical interiors of Osterley Park on the outskirts of London, he also designed in intricate detail the furniture, the mirrors and other details including the ironmongery on the elegant doors. There is a long tradition of architects such as Robert Adam, William Kent, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Frank Lloyd Wright and […]
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 […]
On show in the Eco, Design & Build area of 100 Percent Design at Earl’s Court are futuristic furniture designs commissioned from a number of architects and designers using STARON®, a versatile acrylic material used primarily for interiors in counters, worktops, shaped features, reception desks, furniture and also as a façade cladding. The material is […]
Business Schools continue to invest in new facilities and are often patrons of architecture as they seek to differentiate themselves in a highly competitive academic marketplace. The Kellogg School of Management, for example, is investing $220m in its Illinois campus in the US, according to the Financial Times. One of the most ambitious recent projects […]
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 […]
Also being developed by Deng Hong’s Enterainment and Travel Group (ETG), the New Century City Art Centre in Chengdu is currently on site. Zaha Hadid won the architectural competition in 2007; the Art Centre is designed to be an art and music centre of international quality and contain three auditoria (the largest seating 2,000), an […]
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