Known as the ‘Queen of the Curve’ Hadid was the first
woman to win both the Pritzker Architecture
Prize and the Royal Institute of
British Architects Royal Gold Medal — two of the biggest architecture awards in
the world.
The world is mourning the demise of renowned architect, Dame Zaha, whose captivating, groundbreaking designs have made lasting impressions on humanity and architecture, according to The Guardian.
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The world is mourning the demise of renowned architect, Dame Zaha, whose captivating, groundbreaking designs have made lasting impressions on humanity and architecture, according to The Guardian.
The award winning, pioneering Iraqi-British architect had
contracted bronchitis and suffered a sudden heart attack while being treated in
a hospital, passed away in Miami at 65.
Hadid became the first sole female recipient of the Royal
Gold Medal for architecture, approved by the Queen and awarded by the Royal
Institute of British Architects (RIBA) that was the preserve of men since first
given in 1848, although women have shared the prize with others on a handful of
occasions. Previous winners include Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, IM Pei
and Sir David Chipperfield.
In a statement released by her firm – Zaha Hadid Architects
read: “It is with great sadness that Zaha Hadid Architects have confirmed that
Dame Zaha Hadid died suddenly in Miami early hours of this morning.
She had contracted bronchitis earlier this week and suffered a sudden
heart attack while being treated in hospital.
“Hadid was widely regarded to be the greatest female
architect in the world today. Born in Baghdad in 1950, she studied
mathematics at the American University of Beirut before starting her
architectural journey in 1972 at the Architectural Association in London.
By 1979 she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid Architects – garnering a reputation across the world for her ground-breaking theoretical works including The Peak in Hong Kong (1983), the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin (1986) and the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales (1994).
By 1979 she had established her own practice in London – Zaha Hadid Architects – garnering a reputation across the world for her ground-breaking theoretical works including The Peak in Hong Kong (1983), the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin (1986) and the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales (1994).
Working with office partner Patrik Schumacher, her interest
was in the interface between architecture, landscape, and geology; which her
practice integrates with the use of innovative technologies often
resulting in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms.
Hadid’s first major built commission, one that affirmed her international recognition, was the Vitra Fire Station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany (1993); subsequent notable projects including the MAXXI: Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome (2009), the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games (2011) and the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku (2013) illustrate her quest for complex, fluid space.
Hadid’s first major built commission, one that affirmed her international recognition, was the Vitra Fire Station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany (1993); subsequent notable projects including the MAXXI: Italian National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome (2009), the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games (2011) and the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku (2013) illustrate her quest for complex, fluid space.
“Buildings such as
the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (2003) and the
Guangzhou Opera House in China (2010) have also been hailed as architecture
that transforms our ideas of the future with visionary spatial concepts
defined by advanced design, material and construction processes.
“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 MAXXI
Museum in Rome, a building for the staging of 21st century art, the
distillation of years of experimentation, a mature piece of architecture
conveying a calmness that belies the complexities of its form and organisation;
and the Evelyn Grace Academy, a unique design, expertly inserted into an
extremely tight site, that shows the students, staff and local residents they
are valued and celebrates the school’s specialism throughout its fabric, with
views of student participation at every turn.
“Hadid’s other awards included the Republic of France’s
Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Japan’s Praemium Imperiale and
in 2012, Zaha Hadid was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British
Empire. She was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and
Letters and Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture.”
She 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.
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