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ZAHAHADID
ÊÝàåàï ÝîßäåðáßðñîÝè ïðõèá ßÝê Þá àåġßñèð ðë
categorise, not falling into any single
particular style.
Her designs have been put into brackets
such as Deconstructivism and “I DONT MAKE NICE
Neo-futurism. This describes a high tech
architecture, using modern materials and
shapes that traditionally defy the what is LITTLE BUILDINGS”
possible to achieve through architecture.
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
Zaha Mohammad Hadid was a British Iraqi • Ãèðäëñãä ÊÝàåà óáèßëéáà ðäá Ýãá ëâ
architect, originally from Baghdad, Iraq. technology to her design methods, she
continued to draw and model make by
Described as the “Queen of the Curve”, hand, so as not to be limited by what a
Hadid constantly pushed the boundaries computer can do.
of modern architecture.
• Her work consists of highly expressive and
ÊÝàåà ğîïðèõ ïðñàåáà éÝðäï åê ðäá ÃéáîåßÝê VZHHSLQJ ưXLG IRUPV, and fragmented
University of Beirut before moving to London geometry.
to study architecture, under a number of
notable architects. One of these mentors • The main idea of her work was to not have
described her as the most outstanding any 90 degree angles, described by peers
student he had ever taught. as the inventor of the 89 degrees.
Hadids architectural masterpieces have • Some descriptions of her work:
earned her a number of prestigous awards,
åêßèñàåêã ðäá ğîïð óëéÝê ðë îáßåáòá Þëðä “Unconventional buildings that defy the
the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the logic of construction”
ğîïð Ýêà ëêèõ óëéÝê ðë Þá ÝóÝîàáà ðäá
Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute “She imagined and proved that space can
ëâ Äîåðåïä Ãîßäåðáßðï work in radical new ways.”
