After at least 8 years of suffering from ugly-90’s-style–site-syndrome, Vitra.com has finally gotten a face-lift. It looks like there’s still a few wrinkles to iron out, and some products seem to be missing (most notably the beloved Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman—at least in the north american section), but overall the site looks great with more breathing room (compare it to the previous version which wasn’t fit for claustrophobics), better higher resolution image galleries and interesting visual cues.

Michel Rojkind was born on December 18, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico. When he was 18, in 1987, he joined Aleks Syntek’s band “La Gente Normal”, as its drummer, with whom he continued playing untill 1999, when the band broke apart, after 12 years and 4 albums.

While playing with “La Gente Normal”, Michel studied architecture and urban planning at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and, after working on his own for several years, he teamed up with Isaac Broid and Miquel Adria to establish the architectural firm “Adria+Broid+Rojkind” (1998–2002). With the idea of exploring new challenges that address contemporary society, to design compelling experiences that go beyond mere functionality, and to connect at a deeper level with the intricacies of each project, he established, in 2002, an independent firm (rojkind arquitectos), recognized by Architectural Record in 2005 as “one of the best ten Design Vanguard firms”.

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Philosophy

By directly addressing the users’ needs and seeing them as potential sources of inspiration and strength, rojkind arquitectos seeks new directions in architectural practice — evoking common identities through the exploration of uncharted geometries that address questions of space, function, technology, materials, structure, and construction methods related directly to geography, climate, and local urban experiences. By pursuing all projects that represent a particular design challenge, rojkind arquitectos has been able to develop a wide, and ever-growing, spectrum of design initiatives; from the intimacies of small objects, to the intricacies of large buildings and master plans. In recognition to his innovative approach, the Vitra design museum, along with the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, will be exhibiting rojkind arquitectos’ works in Germany, later this year, as part of Entry 2006 “Open House: Intelligent Living by-design”.

With Arturo Ortiz, Derek Dellekamp and Tatiana Bilbao, Michel Rojkind co-founded the MXDF Urban Research Center in 2004. The main object of MXDF is to intervene in specific areas of the urban development, modifying the production of urban space in Mexico through the systematic study of social, political, environmental, global, and cultural conditions. In order to achieve this, MXDF has been collaborating with several universities in Mexico, Studio Basel, ETH Zürich, and MIT in Boston, Massachusetts. MXDF is a non-profit organization.

Recently Michel has been short-listed to participate in several large scale international projects, including Canada, Kuwait, and Spain. In addition to being a regular contributor in several architectural and design publications, Michel Rojkind has served as the editor of the technology section “FWD” in the architecture journal “Arquine International”, and has held several visiting professorships at several universities.

Academic Experience

• Invited Professor by the Nottingham University “School of the built Environment”, 2007.
• Invited Professor by the Universidad Iberoamericana UIA for the vertical workshop MXDF, Mexico City, Mexico, 2005 to the date.
• Invited Professor by the Universidad Anahuac Campus Norte for the workshop Simulaciones, Mexico City, Mexico, 2003–2004.
• Invited Professor by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México UNAM for the experimental workshop “MEXTROPOLIS”, Mexico City, Mexico, 2001–2002.

Main Lectures

• RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Invited lecture, London, United Kingdom, January 2007.
• AUT, Architektur und Tirol, Invited lecture, Innsbruck, Austria, January 2007.
• University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom, January 2007.
• Nottingham, School for the Built Environment, January 2007.
• “Resonance: ehcos along a personal journey”, Contemporary art museum, Prague, October, 2007.
• Guest Speaker at the AIA Awards, Colorado, October 2006.
• Guest Speaker at the Nottingham University, September 2006.
• University of Pennsylvania, Sypmosium, Philadelphia, USA, April 2006.
• Guest Speaker in the “X Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires”, Argentina, September 2005.

Main Exhibitions

• “The World in One City: A sketch of London”, London Architecture Biennale, United Kingdom, June 2006.
• “Generacion D.F.”, nova arquitectura mexicana, Barcelona, Spain, December 2005.
• “Guangzhou Second Trienale of Contemporary Art”, with MXDF, China, November 2005.
• “GA Houses Project 2005″, GA Gallery, Japan, March-May 2005.
• “ABSoluut Architectuur 02″, Sky Hall, Brussels National Airport, 22^nd of April 2005.
• “Mexico City Dialogues: New architectural Practices”, Center for Architecture, N.Y. AIA, January– May 2005.
• “50 Architects”, Universidad Iberoamaricana, Mexico City, México, 2005.
• “GA Houses Project 2004″, GA Gallery, Japan, March-May 2004.
• “III Bienal Iberoamericana”, in the mark of the V Bienal de Sao Paolo, Brasil.
• “GA Houses Project 2003″, GA Gallery, Japan, March-May 2003.
• “Bátisseurs de lumiere: Architectures Mexicanes Contemporaines”, Paris, France, 2003.
• “Panorama Emergente Iberoamericano”, III Bienal Iberoamericana, Santiago de Chile, 2003.
• “The Private House”, International Architecture Symposium V.4.0, ITESM, Campus Querétaro, 2000.

Honors & Awards

• November 2006, jury chair for the AIA Awards Colorado.
• December 2005, selected as one of the 10 international firms for “Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, 2005″.
• 2005, Invitation by Vitra Design Museum, to participate in the exhibition “Open House: Intelligent living by design”, 2006, Germany, as part of the “World Forum of Architecture and Design”.
• 2002, Best Architectural Renderings, Graphisoft, Hungary.
• 2002, Rrcord Houses of the Year, Architectural Record.
• 2001, CEMEX Prize, Best House category for the “F2 House”.

Main Competitions

• “Liverpool — Contemporary City”, 60,000 square meters of commercial, cultural and residential areas; Mexico City, Mexico, January 2007 (private-invitation competition — decision not made yet).
• Middle East, 250,000 square meter masterplan, July 2006 (5-firm, private-invitation competition).
• “Your Absolute”, Condominium Tower in Mississauga, Toronto, Canada, February 2006 (finalist in a world-wide open competition).
• Hotel Fiesta Inn Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, October 2005 (private-invitation competition).
• Hotel Fiesta Inn Cancun, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, September 2005 (private-invitation competition).
• Hotel in Oaxaca, 98 rooms, Oaxaca, Mexico, August 2005 (1st place, private-invitation competition).
• Steel Museum (with Derek Dellekamp), Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 2005 (invited to competition).
• Villas Tacul, residential complex, 275 unit towers and 10 villas, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2005 (private-invitation competition).
• New Business School, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico, 2005 (invited competition).
• Ephemeral Architecture Competition for the Mexican Pavillion in Madrid (Arco 2005), Conde Duque Cultural Centre, 2004 (invited to competition).
• Spanish Cultural Centre, Mexico City, Mexico, 2004 (invited competiton).
• Design Centre School (in collaboration with Derek Dellekamp), Mexico City, Mexico, 2004 (invited to competiton).
• Mexico City Public Library, (in collaboration with Dominique Perrault, Miquel Adriá & Derek Dellekamp), Mexico City, Mexico, 2003 (honorable mention, international competition).
• Casa de Francia, New Headquarters, (in collaboration with Dominique Perrault), Mexico City, Mexico, 2002 (private-invitation, international competition).
• New Stadium for the “Abierto Mexicano de Tenis” (Mexican Tennis Open), Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, 2001 (1st place, international competition).
• TELCEL headquarters, Guadalajara, México, 1999 (1st place, competition).
• TELCEL Headquarters, Querétaro, México, 1999 (1st place, competition).
• Stand design for Zanetti at the Pitty Image Luomo, Florence, Italy, 1998 (1st place, competition).

Work in Progress

• Residential

  • House in Barcelona, single family residence, 1 hectare plot in Maskefa, Barcelona, Spain, starting in 2007.
  • Vaca Prieta Ranch, house with barn, greenhouse and organic fields, sustainable, 6 hectare plot, Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala, Mexico, August 2006.
  • Michelet 43, apartment building renovation, Mexico City, Mexico, 2006.
  • Vitra exhibition “Open House: Intelligent living by design”, Germany, as part of the “World Forum of Architecture and Design”, Essen, Germany, 2006.
  • City Santa Fe, apartment building with 180 units, Santa Fe, México City, Mexico, 2005–2007.
  • Qi Building Miami (with Derek Dellekamp), Miami, Florida, 2004–2006.
  • MD House, Ensenada, Baja California, México, 2004 – 2006.

• Commercial

  • Hotel in Oaxaca, 98 rooms, Oaxaca, México, August 2005–2007.
  • Myto Art Gallery, renovation, Colonia Roma, Mexico City, Mexico, July 2007.
  • Hotel del Angel, image renovation, 100 rooms, Mexico City, Mexico, June 2007.
  • Hotel San Francisco, image renovation, 100 rooms, Mexico City, June 2007.

• Public

  • Toronto Island Airport, Masterplan, Toronto, Canada, April 2006.
  • Masterplan Lincoln Park, “Recovering the Public Space”, 106,000 square meters, Polanco, México City, Mexico, 2004 — 2005.
  • Masterplan Masarik as an Urban Plaza, underground parking for 2,500 cars, 75,000 square meters, Polanco, México City, Mexico. 2004 — 2006.
  • Masterplan Irapuato for a Cultural Expo (with MXDF) 48 ha, 2005 to date.
  • Biomedical Research Center, Morelia, Michoacán IMSS, 2004–2006.

Selected Built Work

• Residential

  • PR34 House, Tecamachalco, Mexico City, México, 2004.
  • MP3 Apartment, Colonia Condesa, México City, México, 2003.
  • Tlaxcala 190, apartment building in Colonia Condesa, México City, México, 2002.
  • F2 House, México City, México, 2001.

• Commercial

  • Falcon Headquarters, San Ángel, México City, México, 2004.
  • Boska Bar, México City, México, 2004.

• Public

  • Mexico City National Videotheque, Mexico City, Mexico, 2002 (1st place, invited competition).

Publications

• Books

  • Open House: Architecture and Technology for intelligent living, Vitra Design Museum, Essen, Germany, 2006.
  • Casa Latino Aamericane, Electa, Italy, 2006.
  • DD / Design Documents, Monográfico, rojkind arquitectos, Korea, in Process 2008.
  • Teoría + Praxis, México, June 2006.
  • Ampliaciones de viviendas, Spain, February 2006.
  • Art Invention House, Rizzolli, USA, November 2005.
  • Ideas interiors, México, October 2005.
  • Ideas houses, México, October 2005.
  • Arquitectura de interiores, Spain, July 2005.
  • Absoluut Architectuur, Belgium, April 2005.
  • Lo mejor del siglo XXI volume 2, México, December 2004.
  • Baths & Kitchens 2, inside glance, Mexico, 2004.
  • México en España, Feria de Arte Contemporáneo, Spain, 2004.
  • World houses now, Thames & Hudson, United Kingdom, 2004.
  • Atlas of Contemporary Architecture, Phaidon, United Kingdom, May 2004.
  • 20 Architetti per venti case, Electa, Italy, 2003.
  • New Home, Conran Octopus, USA, 2003.

• Magazines

  • Weekly Paper, China, January 2007
  • Space 467, Korea, September 2006.
  • Innovative Home, USA, October 2006.
  • L’arca, Italy (in process).
  • Arquine 37, Mexico, September 2006.
  • Pasajes 79, Spain, September 2006.
  • Summa +81, Argentina, September 2006.
  • D La Republicca, Italy, September 2006.
  • Plaza Magazine, Switzerland, August 2006.
  • Metropolis, USA, August 2006.
  • Volkswagen Magazine, Poland, August 2006.
  • Poder y Negocios, Mexico, August 2006.
  • ArchiMAD Magazine, Finland, August 2006.
  • Egg Magazine, Taiwan, August 2006.
  • Future, Spain, June 2006.
  • File Magazine, Mexico, June 2006.
  • Civil Engeneer Magazine, USA, May 2006.
  • Domus, Italy, April 2006.
  • Frame, The Netherlands, April 2006.
  • Tatlin, Russia, March 2006.
  • IW Magazine # 48, Taiwán, March 2006.
  • Arquine 48, Mexico, March 2006.
  • Diseño Interior, Spain, March 2006.
  • Entre Muros (Reforma Newspaper), Mexico, February 2006.
  • Monitor, Russia, January 2006.
  • Obras, México, January 2006.
  • Nueva Arquitectura de interiores, Spain, January 2006.
  • Architectural Record Design Vanguard 2005, USA, December 2005.
  • Casabella, Italy, December 2005.
  • Spaces Magazine, United Kingdom, December 2005.
  • Naujas Namas, Lithuania, November 2005.
  • Dwell, USA, December 2005.
  • Wallpaper*, United Kingdom, November 2005.
  • Naujas Namas, Lithuania, October 2005.
  • Häuser Magazine, Germany, October 2005.
  • Detail’06, Taiwán, October 2005.
  • Casas & Gente, Mexico, September 2005.
  • Vivienda y decoración, Chile, September 2005.
  • Casamica, Italy, September 2005.
  • Häuser magazine, Germany, August 2005.
  • Monitor Magazine, Russia, August 2005.
  • IW Magazine # 44, Taiwán, July 2005.
  • Obras Magazine, México, July 2005.
  • Metrópolis Magazine, U.S.A., July 2005.
  • AMC Magazine, France, June 2005.
  • File Magazine, México, June 2005.
  • Pol Oxygen, Australia, June 2005.
  • Entre Muros (Periódico Reforma) México, June 2005.
  • A+U, Houses, Japan, April 2005.
  • IW Magazine # 43, Taiwan, April 2005.
  • L’architecture d’aujourd’hui, France, April 2005.
  • Metrópolis Magazine, U.S.A., June 2005.
  • Azure Magazine, Canada, May 2005.
  • AIT Magazine, Germany, April 2005.
  • Summa + 71, Argentina, March 2005.
  • Metalocus # 15, Spain, May 2004.
  • Premium, México, March 2005.
  • A+D, Turkey, February 2005.
  • Obras Magazine, México, December 2005.
  • Arquine 30, México, December 2004.
  • Arquine 29, México, September 2004.
  • Wallpaper* United Kingdom, December 2004.
  • Arquitectura & Constrcao, Portugal, November 2004.
  • Quien Magazine, Mexico, September 2004.
  • Spot Magazine, Mexico, June 2004.
  • Ambientes, Chile, November 2004.
  • Neo 2, España, December 2004.
  • DF Magazine, México, September 2004.
  • GA Houses 86 , Japan, May 2004.
  • GA Houses 82, Japan, May 2004.
  • GA Houses 80, Project 2004, Japan, 2004.
  • Caras Magazine, Mexico, December, 2003.
  • Deep Magazine, Mexico, November 2003.
  • C3 corea No.249, Korea, 2003.
  • Architectural Review, United Kingdom, February 2003.
  • Axxis # 109, Colombia, 2003.
  • C3 corea 0202 No.210, Korea, 2002.
  • Quien Magazine, México, June 2002.
  • Arquine # 19, México, March 2002.
  • Architectural Record,“Record Houses” U.S.A., April 2002.
  • AIT Magazine, Germany, 2003.
  • Celeste No. 5, México, 2002.
  • 06140 codigo postal, México, February 2002.
  • Summa + 56, Argentina, October 2002.
  • El Arqa, Uruguay, 2002.
  • Arquitectura Viva, Spain, 2002.
  • Diseño Interior, Spain, 2002.
  • Casabella # 703, Italy, September 2002.
  • Summa + 53, Argentina, 2002.
  • A+U, 03:02 389, Ejemplar de Arquitectura Mexicana. Japan, 2003.
  • GA Houses 74 ‚Projects 2003, Japan, 2003.
  • Arquitectos 164, 02/4 Consejo Superior de los colegios de arquitectos de España, 2002.

• Articles in different national newspapers such as Reforma, La jornada, El uniersal, Uno mas Uno, El economista, etc.

• Internet Publications

  • www.noticiasarquitectura.info (no longer available.)
  • arcspace.com.
  • europaconcorsi.
  • World Architecture News.com.
  • arqa.com.
  • Hauz29.
  • Apple.com.
  • Graphisoft’s “Great Architects” page. or see the QuickTime video, or the Windows Media video if you prefer.

From Michel Rojkind’s curriculum vitae. Published with the consent of Rojkind Arquitectos. Copyright © 2007 Rojkind Arquitectos. All Rights Reserved.

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Zaha Hadid is an architect who consistently pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design. Her work experiments with new spatial concepts intensifying existing urban landscapes in the pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban scale through to products, interiors and furniture. Best known for her seminal built works (Vitra Fire Station, Land Formation-One, Bergisel Ski-Jump, Strasbourg Tram Station, the Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, the Hotel Puerta America (interior) in Madrid, the Ordrupgaard Museum Extension in Copenhagen, and the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, her central concerns involve a simultaneous engagement in practice, teaching and research.

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Education and Teaching

Hadid studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1972 and was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977. She then became a partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, taught at the AA with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and later led her own studio at the AA until 1987. Since then she held the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois, School of Architecture, Chicago; guest professorships at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg; the Knolton School of Architecture, Ohio and the Masters Studio at Columbia University, New York. In addition, she was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture and Commander of the British Empire, 2002. She is currently Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria and was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Competitions

Hadid has been testing the boundaries of architectural design in a series of research-based competitions. Winning designs include The Peak, Hong Kong (1983); Kurfürstendamm, Berlin (1986); Düsseldorf Art and Media Centre (1992/93); Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales (1994); Thames Water/Royal Academy Habitable Bridge, London (1996); Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati (1998); University of North London Holloway Road Bridge (1998); The National Centre of Contemporary Arts, Rome (1999); Bergisel Ski-jump, Innsbruck (1999); The Wolfsburg Science Centre (2000); the Maritime Ferry Terminal in Salerno, (2000); Placa de las Arts in Barcelona (2001); One-north Masterplan for Singapore’s Science Hub (2001); the Ordrupgaard Museum Extension in Copenhagen (2001); the BMW Central Plant Building in Leipzig (2002); the Price Tower Art Center, Bartlesville (2002); the Departement de l’Herault Culture Sport Building, Montpellier (2003); the new High Speed Rail Station Napoli-Afragola, Naples (2003); the Guangzhou Opera House, China (2003); a masterplan for Beijing’s Soho City, China (2003); the New EuskoTren Headquarters in Durango (2004), a new Mediatheque in Pau Pyrenees, (2004); an office tower and residential housing complex in Milan “Milano Fiera CityLife” (2004), the Memorial Walk “Boulevard der Stars” for the Berlin Film Academy, Berlin (2004), the new Riverside Transport Museum in Glasgow (2004), the new CMA CGM Headquarters in Marseille (2004), In 2005, Zaha Hadid Architects won competitions for the Neues Stadt– Casino Basel, the Architecture Foundation’s London Centre for Architecture, the London Aquatics Centre, the redesign of Eleftheria Square in Cyprus, the Nanjing Memorial Wall in China, the Zaragoza 2008 Expo Bridge and the Olebeaga Masterplan in Bilbao. Most recently in 2006, the practice has won competitions for the Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut, the Seville University Library , the Kartal– Pendik Masterplan in Istanbul, the Edifici Campus Tower in Barcelona, The Opera House and Business Bay Towers in Dubai, The E.On Energy Research Center in Aachen, Germany and The Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum in Cagliari, Italy.

Other competition entries include large scale urban studies for Hamburg, Madrid, Bordeaux and Cologne; museum buildings in Bad Deutsch Altenburg, Austria, Madrid (Prado, Reina Sofia, Royal Palace), the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Boilerhouse Gallery, London and a Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, Qatar, and the Asian and Oriental Gallery for the Louvre, Paris; concert halls for Copenhagen and Luxembourg; a theatre for the Hackney Empire, London and large scale multi-functional buildings for 42nd street, New York as well as for the IIT Campus in Chicago, and third prize for an event and delivery centre for BMW in Munich.

Projects

Zaha Hadid’s built work has won her much academic and public acclaim. Her best known projects to date are the Vitra Fire Station and the LFone pavilion in Weil am Rhein, Germany (1993/1999), a housing project for IBA-Block 2 in Berlin, Germany (1993), the Mind Zone at the Millennium Dome, Greenwich, London, UK (1999), a Tram Station and Car Park in Strasbourg, France (2001), a Ski-Jump in Innsbruck, Austria (2002), the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, US (2003), the BMW Central Building (2005) in Leipzig, Germany, the Hotel Puerta America interior in Madrid, Spain (2005) and the Ordrupgaard Museum Extension in Copenhagen, Denmark (2005), the Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany (2005), Lopez de Heredia Winery, Spain (2006) and the Maggie’s Centre, Fife, Scotland (2006). She has also completed furniture and interiors: Bitar, London (1985); Monsoon Restaurant, Sapporo (1990); Z-Play (2002) and Z-Scape (2000) furniture manufactured by Sawaya and Moroni; and the Tea and Coffee Towers for Alessi (2003), the Aqua Table (2005) for Established & Sons and the Vortexx Chandelier (2005) for Sawaya & Moroni. In 2006, Zaha Hadid has created the Crevasse Vase for Alessi, the Mallow Bench for ROVE, the Swarm Chandelier for Established & Sons and the Seamless Collection for Philips de Pury. Her temporary structures include: Folly in Osaka (1990); Music Video Pavilion in Groningen, Netherlands (1990); a Pavilion for Blueprint Magazine at Interbuild, Birmingham (1995); the installation Meshworks at the Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (2000) the summer pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK (2000); and the R. Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain (2001); and a snow and ice installation at the Snow Show, Lapland (2004). Zaha Hadid has also worked on a number of stage sets: Pet Shop Boys World Tour (1999/2000); Metapolis, for Charleroi Dance production company, Belgium (2000); and Beat Furrer’s opera, Desire, commissioned by the Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2003).

Publications

Hadid’s work is widely published in periodicals and monographs which include “Zaha Hadid: Planetary Architecture Two” (no.11, 1983); “Zaha Hadid”, AA files (no.5, 1986); “Zaha Hadid 1983–1991”, El Croquis (no.52, 1991, Madrid); “Zaha Hadid 1992–1995”, El Croquis (no. 73, 1995, Madrid); “Zaha Hadid 1996– 2001”, El Croquis (no.103, 2001, Madrid); “Zaha Hadid: The Complete Buildings and Projects” (Thames & Hudson, 1998); “Zaha Hadid –LF One” (Birkhäuser, 1999); “Architecture of Zaha Hadid in photographs by Helene Binet” (Lars Muller Publishers, 2000); “Zaha Hadid, Opere e Progetti” (Italy, 2002); “Zaha Hadid Architektur”, (MAK, Vienna, 2003); GA Document (nos. 65 and 66. Japan, 200, “Zaha Hadid Space for Art” (Lars Muller Publishers, 2004); “Zaha Hadid 1983– 2004”, El Croquis (2004, Madrid); “Digital Hadid” (Birkhauser, 2004); “Car Park and Terminus Strasbourg” (Lars Muller Publishers, 2004); “Zaha Hadid Complete Works” (Thames and Hudson, 2004). “BMW Central Building” (Princeton Architectural Press, 2006).

Exhibitions

Hadid’s paintings and drawings have always been an important testing field, and a medium for the exploration of her design. Major exhibitions include a retrospective at the Architectural Association, London (1983), the Guggenheim Museum, New York (1978), the GA Gallery, Tokyo (1985), “Deconstructivist Architecture” at MoMA, New York (1988), the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University (1995), Grand Central Station New York (1995), the San Francisco MoMA (1997/98), The Venice Architecture Biennale (2000), “Zaha Hadid Lounge” at the Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg (2001), The Venice Architecture Biennale (2002), “Zaha Hadid” MAXXI in Rome (2002), “Zaha Hadid Laboratory” in Yale (2002) –the National Building Museum, Washington (2002) — Price Tower Arts Centre Gallery (2002) –and the Artists Space in New York (2003), “Zaha Hadid Architecture” MAK Exhibition Hall in Vienna (2003), The Venice Architecture Biennale (2004), “Zaha Hadid’s paintings” at the Somerset House in London (2004), the Deutsche Bank Collection at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin (2005), “Silver Paintings” at the ROVE Gallery, London (2005), “Zaha Hadid” Guggenheim New York (2006) and The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2006). Hadid’s work also forms part of the permanent collections of various institutions such as MoMA New York, MoMA San Francisco and the Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt, Germany. Exhibition designs are :’The Great Utopia’, Guggenheim Museum, New York (1992); ‘WishMachine’ at the Vienna Kunsthalle (1996); ‘Addressing the Century’ at the Hayward Gallery, London (1998); Paper Art at the Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Düren (1996); Jewellery Exhibition, Zurich (2000); “Borderline Exhibition” Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels (2000) and in the Salieri Suille Tracce di Mozart and the Palazzo Reale, Milan for the Da Ponte Institute (2005); 25 Years of Deutsche Bank Art at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2005); “Elastika’ for Design 05, Art Basel, Miami (2005); Tokyo Blossoms at The Haro Museum Installation, Tokyo (2006); The Wallpaper Magazine 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Milan (2006).

Awards

59 Eaton Place, London –Gold Medal Architectural Design, British Architecture, 1982 Honourable Member of the Bund Deutsches Architekten, 1998 Honourable Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2000 Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects, 2000 Mind Zone, Millennium Dome, London — RIBA Awards 2000 Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North, Strasbourg — Equerre d’Argent special mention, 2001 Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North, Strasbourg — AIA UK Chapter Award, 2002 One-north Master Plan, Singapore — AIA UK Chapter Honourable Mention, 2002 Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North, Strasbourg — Red Dot Award, 2002 Bergisel Ski-Jump, Innsbruck — Austrian State Architecture Prize, 2002 Bergisel Ski-Jump, Innsbruck –Tyrolean Architecture Award, 2002 Commander of the British Empire, CBE, 2002 Car Park and Terminus Hoenheim North, Strasbourg –Mies van der Rohe Award 2003 Architect of the year 2004, Blueprint Award Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati — RIBA Worldwide Award 2004 Zaha Hadid, Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2004 London Architect of the year, London Architectural Biennale 2004 Honorary Fellow of Columbia University, New York City 2005 Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London 2005 RIBA Medal, European Commercial Building of the Year (BMW Central Building) 2005 Deutsche Architektur Prize, Building of the Year (BMW Central Building) 2005 Finalist for the RIBA Stirling Prize (BMW Central Building) 2005 Gold Medal for Design, International Olympic Committee (Bergisel Ski Jump) 2005 Austrian Decoration of Science and Art, Commissions of Science and Art, Austria, 2005 Designer of the Year, Design 05 Art Basel Miami, 2005 AIA UK Chapter Award (Phaeno Science Center) 2006 Honorary Doctorate, Yale University, USA 2006 RIBA Medal, European Cultural Building of the Year (Phaeno Science Centre) 2006 Honorary Doctorate, American University of Beirut 2006 Finalist for the RIBA Stirling Prize (Phaeno Science Center) 2006 RIBA Jenks Award 2006.

Curriculum Vitae

• 1977

  Graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London winning the prestigious AA Diploma Prize and joined Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)

• 1980

  Started her own practice.

• 1982

  Awarded the Gold Medal Architectural Design, British Architecture for 59 Eaton Place, London Won The Peak Club Competition, Hong Kong — First Prize

• 1992

  “Russian Avant-garde”, Exhibition Design, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

• 1993

  Completion of Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany Cardiff Bay Opera House, Cardiff, Wales — First Prize “Thames Water Habitable Bridge Competition”, London, Joint First Prize

• 1998

  Completion of Landesgartenschau, Weil am Rhein, Germany Awarded Honorable Member of the Bund Deutsches Architekten

• 1999

  Completion of The Mind Zone, Millennium Dome, London Centre for Contemporary Arts, Rome, Italy — First prize Phaeno Science Centre Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany — First prize

• 2000

  Temporary Structure for the Serpentine Gallery, London Villa Medici Installation, Rome, Italy ICA Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Awarded Honorable Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters Honorary Fellowship of the American Institute of Architects RIBA Awards 2000 for Mind Zone, Millennium Dome

• 2001

  Completion of the Hoenheim-Nord Terminus, Strasbourg

• 2002

  Honheim-Nord Terminus, Strasbourg — Awarded Equerre d’Argent Awarded Commander of the British Empire (CBE)

• 2003

  Completion of the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art Cincinnati, USA Terminus Honheim-Nord, Strasbourg — Mies van der Rohe Award Zaha Hadid Architecture’ at the MAK Exhibition Hall, Vienna

• 2004

  Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize RIBA Worldwide Award “Metamorph Exhibition” Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy “Zaha Hadid” Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey

• 2005

  • Completed projects:

    The BMW Central Building, Leipzig, Germany (May 13) The Hotel Puerta America (Interior), Madrid, Spain (July 23) The Ordrupgaard Museum Extension, Copenhagen, Denmark (August 29) The Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany (November 24, 2005)

  • Exhibitions:

    Deutsche Guggenheim, “25 Years of Art by Deutsche Bank” Exhibition Design, Berlin, Germany (April 2005) “Elastika” installation for Art Basel, Miami (December) “Zaha Hadid: Silver Paintings” at the ROVE Gallery, London (Oct.)

  • Awards:

    Honorary Fellow of Columbia University, New York Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London Awarded the Deutsche Architecture Prize “Building of the Year’ for the BMW Central Building BMW Central Building finalist for the RIBA Stirling Prize UK Gold Medal for Design, International Olympic Committee (Bergisel Ski Jump) 2005 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Vienna Designer of the Year, Design 05 Miami

• 2006

  • Competitions Awarded:

    Business Bay Towers, Dubai (June) University of Seville Library, Spain (February) IFI: The American University of Beirut, Lebanon (February) Kartal-Pendik Masterplan, Istanbul, Turkey (March) Edifci Campus, Barcelona, Spain (April) E.ON Energy Research Department — RWTH Aachen, Germany (September) Republic Square, Almaty, Kazakhstan (November) Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum, Cagliari, Italy (November)

  • Awards:

    Honorary Doctorate, Yale University USA (May) Honorary Doctorate, American University of Beirut (July) RIBA Medal, European Cultural Building of the Year (Phaeno Science Center, June) RIBA Jencks Award (October) Leaf Awards 2006 — Leading European Architects Forum Award for Best Structural Design (Phaeno Science Center, October) Finalist for the RIBA Stirling Prize (Phaeno Science Center)

  • Exhibitions:

    Haro Museum, “25 Years of the Deutsche Bank Collection”, Tokyo, Japan The Wallpaper* “Global Edit’, Salone, Milan, Italy “Zaha Hadid”, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA “All the Best” Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

Project List

• Built

  • Vitra Fire Station — Weil am Rhein — Germany — 1993
  • LFOne / Landesgartenschau — Weil am Rhein — Germany — 1999
  • Mind Zone, Millennium Dome — London — UK — 1999
  • Hoenheim Nord Terminus — Strasbourg — France — 2001
  • Bergisel Ski Jump — Innsbruck — Austria — 2002
  • Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art — Cincinnati — USA — 2003
  • BMW Central Building — Leipzig — Germany — 2005
  • Phaeno Science Center — Wolfsburg — Germany — 2005
  • Hotel Puerta America — Madrid — Spain — 2005
  • Spittelau Viaducts Housing — Vienna — Austria — 2005
  • Ordrupgaard Museum Extention — Copenhagen — Denmark — 2005
  • BMW Showroom — Leipzig — Germany — 2006
  • Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre — Kirkcaldy — UK — 2006
  • R Lopez de Heredia Winery — Haro — Spain — 2006

• Under Construction

  • Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahn Stations — Innsbruck — Austria — 2007
  • Salerno Maritime Terminal — Salerno — Italy — 2008
  • Pierre Vives Building — Montpellier — France — 2008
  • Main Gateway Bridge — Abu Dhabi — UAE — 2008
  • MAXXI: Centre of Contemporary Arts — Rome — Italy — 2008
  • The Architecture Foundation — London — UK — 2008
  • IFI: The American University of Beirut — Beirut — Lebanon — 2008
  • University of Seville Library — Seville — Spain — 2008
  • Guangzhou Opera House — Guangzhou — China — 2008
  • Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion — Zaragoza — Spain — 2008
  • Riverside Museum of Transport — Glasgow — Scotland — 2008
  • CMA CGM Headquarters — Marseilles — France — 2008
  • Napoli-Afragola High-Speed Train Station — Naples — Italy — 2008
  • Neues Stadt Casino/Concert Hall — Basel — Switzerland — 2009
  • Olympic Aquatic Centre — London — UK — 2011
  • Milano Fiera Masterplan & Tower — Milan — Italy — 2014
  • One-North Masterplan — Singapore — Singapore — 2021
  • H27 Housing — Florence — Italy — tbc
  • Kartal Pendik Masterplan — Istanbul — Turkey — tbc
  • Price Tower Arts Centre — Bartlesville — USA — tbc
  • Zorrozaurre Masterplan — Bilbao — Spain — tbc
  • New Eusko Tren Headquarters — Durango — Spain — tbc
  • 33 — 34 Hoxton Square London UK — tbc
  • Moscow River Residential Tower — Moscow — Russia — tbc
  • Boulevard Der Stars — Berlin — Germany — tbc
  • Olabeaga Masterplan — Bilbao — Spain — tbc
  • Eleftheria Square — Nicossia — Cyprus — tbc
  • Nanjing Memorial Wall — Nanjing — China — tbc
  • Edifici Campus Spiralling Tower — Barcelona — Spain — tbc
  • Business Bay Towers — Dubai — UAE — tbc
  • Dubai Opera House — Dubai — UAE — tbc
  • E.on Energy Research Centre — Aachen — Germany — tbc
  • Republic Square — Almaty — Kazakhstan — tbc
  • Nuragic and Contemporary Art Museum — Cagliari — Italy — tbc

• Major Exhibitions

  • The Great Utopia, Guggenheim — New York — USA — 1992
  • Ice Storm, MAK — Vienna — Austria — 2003
  • Latent Utopias, Graz Festival — Graz — Vienna — 2003
  • Snow Show — Lapland — Finland — 2004
  • “25 Years of Art” Deutsche Guggenheim — Berlin — Germany — 2005
  • Salieri Sulle Tracce di Mozart — Milan — Italy — 2005
  • “Elastika” for Design ’05 / Art Basel Miami — Miami — USA — 2005
  • Tokyo Blossoms, Hara Museum — Tokyo — Japan — 2006
  • “Zaha Hadid”, Guggenheim Museum — New York — USA — 2006
  • “25 Years of Art” Singapore Art Museum — Singapore — Singapore — 2006

From “Zaha Hadid — Biography, Curriculum Vitae & Project List” — November ’06, provided by Zaha Hadid Architects — Copyright © Zaha Hadid Architects.

Image Gallery

Portraits by Steve Double; Architectural Photographs by Helene Binet, Roland Halbe, Werner Huthmacher, Klemens Ortmeyer, Bruno Klomfar, Mrgherita Spiluttini, Richard Bryant and Roger Rothan. Copyrights of these images held by each of these photographers. Images can not be reproduced in any way without their permission. Images courtessy of Zaha Hadid Architects. Copyright © Zaha Hadid Architects. Images of the Hotel Puerta Americana courtesy of Silken Hotels. Copyright © Silken Hotels.