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Zaha Hadid Major and Recent Works / [edited by Patrik Schumacher and Gordana Fontana-Giusti].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, 2004.Description: v. 240 p : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 0500342008
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA1469.H33 A4 2004
Incomplete contents:
[v. 1]. Projects documentation -- [v. 2].Texts and references -- [v. 3]. Major and recent works -- [v. 4]. Process : sketches and drawings.
Projects Documentation detailed descriptions and illustrations for the complete buildings and projects; Models and Sketches Hadid's groundbreaking exploration in perspective; Essays and References essays by international critics, including an appreciation by maverick Peter Cook; Major and Recent Projects large scale presentation of her built work and famed paintings
Summary: Zaha Hadid is the most famous woman architect in the world, and the first to win the Pritzker Prize. Having achieved international recognition through her striking images and design, the Iraqi-born, London-based architect is now of the profession's most sought-after figures. Her buildings are now appearing across the globe, from Europe to the United States, in China and Japan. Zaha Hadid's moment has arrived. Zaha Hadid: Complete Works is one of the most exciting and complex architectural monographs ever published. This brilliantly conceived and designed publication comprises four volumes of differing sizes that offer multiple perspectives on more than a hundred projects and over twenty years at the vanguard of architecture. Major and Recent Projects is a large-scale presentation of Hadid's recently built work and famed paintings, while the thematically organized Projects Documentation identifies the strands of her work through detailed descriptions and illustrations. Models and Sketches is a selection of the architect's groundbreaking explorations in perspective, many taken from her private sketchbooks, and previously unpublished. Essays and References features essays by international critics, an appreciation by maverick Peter Cook and an exhaustive reference section, including a bibliography and project data.
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Simultaneously published in the United Kingdom in 2004 by Thames & Hudson, London.

[v. 1]. Projects documentation -- [v. 2].Texts and references -- [v. 3]. Major and recent works -- [v. 4]. Process : sketches and drawings.

Projects Documentation detailed descriptions and illustrations for the complete buildings and projects; Models and Sketches Hadid's groundbreaking exploration in perspective; Essays and References essays by international critics, including an appreciation by maverick Peter Cook; Major and Recent Projects large scale presentation of her built work and famed paintings

Zaha Hadid is the most famous woman architect in the world, and the first to win the Pritzker Prize. Having achieved international recognition through her striking images and design, the Iraqi-born, London-based architect is now of the profession's most sought-after figures. Her buildings are now appearing across the globe, from Europe to the United States, in China and Japan. Zaha Hadid's moment has arrived. Zaha Hadid: Complete Works is one of the most exciting and complex architectural monographs ever published. This brilliantly conceived and designed publication comprises four volumes of differing sizes that offer multiple perspectives on more than a hundred projects and over twenty years at the vanguard of architecture. Major and Recent Projects is a large-scale presentation of Hadid's recently built work and famed paintings, while the thematically organized Projects Documentation identifies the strands of her work through detailed descriptions and illustrations. Models and Sketches is a selection of the architect's groundbreaking explorations in perspective, many taken from her private sketchbooks, and previously unpublished. Essays and References features essays by international critics, an appreciation by maverick Peter Cook and an exhaustive reference section, including a bibliography and project data.

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