Zaha Hadid Architects Studio Related Projects Related Projects Archive Search Studio Archive Search Archive: Media: Drawings Paintings Photos Sketchs Information Credits Publications Star Share Architecture Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art Cincinnati, USA 1997 – 2003 The Contemporary Arts Centre Built 8500m2 Our free-standing building for the Contemporary Arts Center provides space for temporary exhibitions, installations and performance. Conceived as a dynamic public space, an ‘Urban Carpet’ leads pedestrians into and through the interior space via a gentle slope, which becomes, in turn, wall, ramp, walkway and even an artificial park space.

Zaha Hadid Architects Studio Archive Search Studio Archive Search Archive: Media: Construction Photos Drawings Photos Model Photos Renders Videos Information Credits Star Share Architecture Guangzhou Opera House Guangzhou, China 2003 – 2010 Guangzhou Municipal Government Built 70000m2 At the heart of Guangzhou’s cultural sites development, a lasting, state-of-the-art monument to the new millennium overlooking the Pearl River. Its contoured profile, unique twin boulder design and approach promenade enhances urban function, opens access to the riverside and dock areas and creates a new dialogue with the emerging town. Play Play

Zaha Hadid Architects Studio Related Projects Related Projects Archive Search Studio Archive Search Archive: Media: Paintings Photos Videos Information Credits Publications Star Share Architecture Vitra Fire Station Weil am Rhein, Germany 1990 – 1993 Vitra International AG Built 852m2 Conceived as the end-note to existing factory buildings, the Vitra Fire Station defines rather than occupies space – emerging as a linear, layered series of walls, between which program elements are contained – a representation of ‘movement frozen’ – an ‘alert’ structure, ready to explode into action at any moment. Play

Zaha Hadid Architects Studio Archive Search Studio Archive Search Archive: Media: Photos Renders Videos Information Credits Star Share Architecture Nordpark Railway Stations Innsbruck, Austria 2004 – 2007 INKB (Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen GmbH) Public Private Partnership Built 2500m2 ‘Shell & Shadow’: a unique architectural language of fluidity inspired by natural ice formations, for stations along Innsbruck’s northern chain of mountains. Lightweight organic roof structures float on concrete plinths, their soft shapes and contours creating an artificial landscape that describes the movement and circulation within. Play

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