May 18
This is one of the most ambitious design hotels in the world. Why have one or two prize-winning architects when you can have 19? Creative freedom is the ethos of the hotel which cost an estimated 75 million Euro to finance. Each architect was given a free reign over one floor or feature of the …
May 17
The ArRiyadh Development Authority has announced that Zaha Hadid Architects will build the new King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With over 5 million residents, Riyadh’s population has more than doubled since 1990. To serve its fast-growing population, the city will build a new public transport system. The 20,434 sq. …
Apr 28
The sinuous shape of the Zephyr sofa has been inspired by natural rock formations shaped by erosion: the application of subtractive processes that carve solid matter. The resulting formal language gives the Zephyr sofa increased ergonomic properties without compromising the design’s fluidity or proportion; translating into a concept that allows for multiple seating layouts. The …
Apr 27
Zaha Hadid has created this chair for Italian brand Sawaya & Moroni, unveiled at the Sawaya & Moroni showroom in Milan earlier this month, KUKI has been creased along two lines so the edges almost meet at the back, then bent in the middle to create the seat and backrest.
Apr 11
Developed as an urban sculpture for seating and resting, the striated articulation of the Serac Bench emerges seamlessly from the landscape, each layer taking its own unique trajectory in reaction to latent forces that disperse – and ultimately coalesce – the many strata of the bench. The Serac Bench showcases the fluid, continuous nature of …
Apr 04
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a collection of lamps (Avia & Aria) for SLAMP. Presented during Salone Del Mobile, these lamps combines dramatic architectural features with the intrinsic weightlessness of the materials, to create a sculpture of light and technology that fascinates and enchants observers. The lamps are made of 50 individual layers of cristalflex (a techno-polymer), the large …
Mar 21
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a new auditorium seating system for Italian brand Poltrona Frau Contract, Array. It features a seat that flips diagonally upwards when not in use, forming a triangle with the back and a single armrest. Array will be introduced as part of the Multiplicities exhibition by Zaha Hadid for the 2013 design week in Milan. Two …
Mar 20
Zaha Hadid has designed a limited edition of marble tables for Italian natural stone company Citco. The tables come in three shapes and are available in Black Marquina or Bianco di Covelano with a gold vein. This project will be presented at Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan next month from 9 to 14 April.
Mar 05
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled designs for a complex of towers in Bratislava’s city centre,- mixed-use masterplan, which proposes seven curving tower blocks surrounding a public plaza in the east of the Slovakian capital. Description from Zaha Hadid: The design is based on a dynamic field strategy which organises the new city centre’s program along a …
Nov 05
A new mixed-use commercial building that defies straight lines, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. Four cyclical forms are joined by bridges and plateaus. The building is occupied by fifteen floors – the three lower floors are designed for retail use and twelve upper floors are used for office activity. The very top floors are dedicated …
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