Synopses & Reviews
Audacious futurism: The forward-thinking work of a singular architect Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed numerous structures including the
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (which the
New York Times called ’’the most important new building in America since the Cold War’’), the
MAXXI Museum in Rome, the
Guangzhou Opera House, her first completed project in China, and the
London Aquatics Center for the 2012 Olympics. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the élite of world architecture,
her audacious and futuristic designs as well as her sense for style and fashion having catapulted her to international fame.
About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features:
- an introduction to the life and work of the architect
- the major works in chronological order
- information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
- a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
- approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)
Synopsis
The iconic work of a singular architect Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed numerous structures including the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (which the New York Times called 'the most important new building in America since the Cold War'), the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany, and the Central Building of the new BMW Assembly Plant in Leipzig. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the élite of world architecture, her audacious and futuristic designs having catapulted her to international fame.
Synopsis
Audacious futurism: The forward-thinking work of a singular architect Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed numerous structures including the
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (which the
New York Times called ''the most important new building in America since the Cold War''), the
MAXXI Museum in Rome, the
Guangzhou Opera House, her first completed project in China, and the
London Aquatics Center for the 2012 Olympics. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the elite of world architecture,
her audacious and futuristic designs as well as her sense for style and fashion having catapulted her to international fame.
About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Architecture Series features:
- an introduction to the life and work of the architect
- the major works in chronological order
- information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
- a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
- approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)
About the Author
Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.