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Sneaker by Zaha Hadid for Lacoste

Lacoste have partnered with the internationally renown Zaha Hadid Architects to release a capsule collection of footwear. The Pritzker Prize winning deconstructivist architect used a digitized version of the iconic Lacoste crocodile logo as a basis to explore surfaces with repeated patterns.

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February 17, 2009 - Category: Fashion, Latest, Shoes - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1

Triflow Tap by Zaha Hadid

Architect Zaha Hadid has designed a tap for British manufacturer Triflow. The touch sensitive controls can deliver filtered or unfiltered hot and cold water via two channels in the faucet neck.

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February 4, 2009 - Category: Bathroom, Furniture, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1

Chanel Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid

Mobile Art has landed Chanel’s ‘pack-away’ gallery space orchestrated by Karl Lagerfeld and architect Zaha Hadid.  The resulting structure is very much inspired by the work -elegant, functional, and versatile both in its overall structure and detail. The architectural structure of the Pavilion is a series of continuous arch-shaped elements, with a courtyard in its central space.

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April 9, 2008 - Category: Architecture, Art, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 2

Dune Formations by Zaha Hadid

The body of work has been created exclusively for the David Gill Galleries London and is a continuation of Hadid’s research and exploration into the dialogue of material geometry.


An organic ensemble of shelving, tables, benches and sculptural display pieces inspired by the natural forms of their sandy namesakes, Dune Formations employ the same fluid curves and suggestion of undulating motion that are characteristic of her recent creative output.

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October 17, 2007 - Category: Furniture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1

Szervita Square in Budapest

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Zaha Hadid has designed a landmark building for Szervita Square in the historic centre of Budapest, Hungary.

The mixed-use building, for ORCO Property Group, will replace a communist-era car park and will contain shops, restaurants, offices and a nightclub.

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March 7, 2007 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 4

Cultural District of Saadiyat Island by Celebrity Architects

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Zaha Hadid: Performing Arts Centre

The designs presented here in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and one of the world’s top oil producers, are to be built on an island just off the coast and include three museums designed by the celebrity architects Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel and Tadao Ando, as well as a sprawling, spaceshiplike performing arts center designed by Zaha Hadid.

The project also calls for a national museum and a biennial exhibition space composed of 19 pavilions designed by smaller names and snaking along a canal that cuts through the island. Art schools and an art college are also planned.

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February 5, 2007 - Category: Architecture, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 1

Ideal House by Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid approached this cube as a huge block to be hollowed out and morphed into a charming sequence of rooms that lead into one another and also open up wide to the outside. Compared to the more open structures of fukasawa’s project, hadid’s ideal house retains the traditional form of the home as a unit and protective shell. The two-story structure has no roof, the walls and furniture appear to grow directly out of a floor that in some cases is totally uneven, and the ceiling is an arched sky.

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January 26, 2007 - Category: Architecture, Furniture, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 27

Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture 1956 – 2006

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Experiment and Utopia 1956-2006 is an exhibition opening next month at the Barbican in London. It will include 300 modes, models and animations by the most radical architects of the past 50 years. The exhibition will show how the filmmaker and architects have dreamed the city of tomorrow.

Today, we are used to very futuristic concepts that can be built. In the earlier decade, it was rarely the case. From Archigram to Zaha Hadid via Shigeru Ban and Superstudio, there are all bringing their vision of the future.

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May 24, 2006 - Category: Architecture, Art, Exhibiton, Latest, Zaha Hadid - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0

design.05 Miami

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design.05 Miami made its debut last Thursday and the show is closing its doors today. It was a good opportunity to discover great new art and design, to meet nice people and to party a lot. The design.05 Miami Designer of the Year award went to Zaha Hadid. The amazing furnitures were surrounded by a breathtaking, four story installation she made specially for the show (see photo above). design.05 Miami succeeded in making more than a furniture show – they brought together the best designers, collectors, connoisseurs and architects from around the world.

December 3, 2005 - Category: Architecture, Art, Exhibiton, Latest - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0

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