Talk:Zaha Hadid
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Zaha is currently building most of her latest work, which includes a gallery extension in Denmark, contemporary art center in rome, a factory for BMW in germany, an opera in china, along many other buildings, since her work has been underrepresentend in the brick and mortar world she´s taking her revenge lately.
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The title conceptual artist would be more appropriate for this lady, placing her amongst other minimally- or questionably-talented artists (sic) such as Mrs John Lennon.
Appallingly bad work: for example, the people who once worked in Vitra Fire Station - before its use changed to that of a museum showcasing part of the local collection of chairs..... - said that it was the most inappropriately designed and woefully inadequate building they could possibly imagine for the purpose. The locals liken it to a municipal toilet; one cannot help but sympathise with that critique.
There is a good reason why she is "...underrepresented in the brick and mortar world...", particularly in her adopted home, the UK, where in a quarter of a century no clients have agreed to convert her proposals into real structures. The UK has enough disfunctional, incoherent, cold and windswept monolithic concrete carbuncles awaiting demolition to be replaced by a building designed by a proper architect. 81.105.27.137 15:16, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
Just a quick hint: few weeks ago, Hadid's latest building was opened: "Phaeno" at Wolfsburg, Germany. (a science centre). quite celebrated, it shows her "style" developping - from "fragmentation" towards a new kind of "entity". the building was constructed of a specific and new-created kind of concrete - could be moulded in one pour (!) besides, Hadid participates at the (re?)construction of "fiera di Milano" (Milan fair) - masterplan by Daniel Libeskind. though I'm not sure if they already started with it (competition 2004, completion - planned - 2014)
