ZAHA HADID NEWS

Project Herault Culture Sport Montpellier, France (2003-07)
Zaha Hadid won the competition for this project by beating out Henri Gaudin Architecture Studio and Vezzoni-Nebout Architects. She will work with West8 on the landscape design and the complex will comprise of an archive, a library and sports department. The surface area is 44,000m² and the inspiration behind the building is that of a large tree-trunk, laid horizontal. The archive is located at the solid base of the trunk, followed by the slightly more porous bibliotheque. The sport department with its well-lit offices is next, at the end where the trunk bifurcates and becomes much lighter. (To see 3D renderings and relief models click here.)

Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (2003)
Her Terminus Hoenheim-Nord, Strasbourg, France is shortlisted for this award. Other architects on the shortlist are: Lacaton & Vassal Architects, Jürgen Mayer H., MVRDV, and Xaveer De Geyter Architects. (Winner to be announced in May '03.)

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in Marseille, France
Shortlisted along with Tod Williams, Rem Koolhaas, Steven Holl, Pierre Louis Faloci, Andrea Bruno, Patrick Berger and Rudy Riccioti.

Bridge for the Pinault Foundation, Paris, France
Shortlisted along with Marc Barani, Barto, Wilkinson Eyre. (Hadid is working on this project with Arup.)

Price Tower Arts Center, Oklahoma, USA
Completion date 2005.

Bergisel Ski-Jump, Innsbruck, Austria
Completed September 2002.

Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
Opens on May 31, 2003.

Wolfsburg Science Center, Germany
Under construction. Completion date 2004.

BMW Plant, Central Building, Leipzig, Germany
Completion date 2004.

Contemporary Arts Center of Rome, Italy
Under construnction. Completion date 2005.

Additional Info/Projects:
Zaha Hadid website
Guardian Master Builder article (03/02/03)
Observer Space Is Her Place article (02/02/03)
designboom profile
artandculture.com profile
Interview
Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany (1991-93)
Images of the Bergisel Ski-Jump, Innsbruck, Austria (1999-02)
CAC, Cincinnati, USA, virtual tours
Wolfsburg Science Center, Germany, web cam
Painted Projects exhibition, SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA (1997-98)
A New World Trade Center exhibition, Max Protetch, New York, USA (2001-02)
Zaha Hadid exhibition, Contemporary Arts Center of Rome, Italy (2002)
ZH Laboratory exhibition, National Building Museum, Washington DC, USA (2002)
Latent Utopias exhibition, Graz, Austria -- curated by Zaha Hadid (2002-03)
3D rederings, animation... Price Tower Arts Center, Oklahoma, USA (2002-05)
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations, Marseille, France (2002-08)


KultureFlash Related Links:
Zaha Hadid Bio Page
Zaha Hadid Essay Page
3D Renderings & Models of Herault Culture Sport Center
2 Study Models of Herault Culture Sport Center
Terminus Hoenheim-Nord, Strasbourg, France
Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, Okalahoma, USA
Wolfsburg Science Center,Germany

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