On Thursday, renowned British architect Zaha Hadid passed away here in Miami unexpectedly due to a heart attack. She had originally been getting treated for Bronchitis. She was 65 years old. Hadid is widely known as one of the most impressive architects of our time.
She was the first woman and the first Muslim to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize according to her Wikipedia page. Hadid won several more awards throughout her career. She started her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, in London in 1979. Her designs hugely defy tradition: they are geometrically impressive and most recently resembled melting mercury.
Architect Sir Peter Cook wrote in his citation for Hadid’s RIBA’s 2016 royal gold medal, “For three decades now she has ventured where few would dare … Such self confidence is easily accepted in film-makers and football managers, but causes some architects to feel uncomfortable. Maybe they’re secretly jealous of her unquestionable talent. Let’s face it, we might have awarded the medal to a worthy comfortable character. We didn’t. We awarded it to Zaha: larger than life, bold as brass and certainly on the case.”
Hadid clearly impacted the world of architecture in amazing ways. Stunning photos of her neo-futuristic designs have been compiled here. Her most famous buildings include the Heydar Aliyev Center in Azerbaijan, the Vitra Fire Station, in Rhein, Germany, the Guangzhou Opera House in China, the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati and the Aquatics Center, in East London, which became a beacon of the London 2012 Olympics.
Architect Zaha Hadid is especially important to the Miami community, where her most recent building is under construction. One Thousand Museum in Downtown Miami at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard will be an amazing, high class, futuristic condominium building channeling Hadid’s favorite qualities. The city of Miami is fortunate to now be able to honor Hadid as a piece of her work graces the skyline.
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