"Appropriate playground for future generations" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing New Zealand artist Mike Hewson's public playground, which contains 24 massive rough-hewn bluestone boulders. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils modular pavilions for Odesa Expo 2030 bid
Dismantable buildings form the core of Zaha Hadid Architects' proposed masterplan for Odesa's world expo bid, which would offer participating nations a kit of parts to build their own pavilions. More
Zaha Hadid Design's gift guide features sculptural spice grinder and chess set
Promotion: Dezeen has teamed up with Zaha Hadid Design to put together a Christmas gift guide, which includes a collection of stainless steel candle holders informed by the way cells replicate and sunglasses made in collaboration with eyewear brand The Owner. More
Zaha Hadid Architects models giant sports venue on Hangzhou tea farms
A 60,000-seat football stadium is among the features of the terraced Hangzhou International Sports Centre, which Zaha Hadid Architects is designing in the east of China. More
Ten Zaha Hadid Design products that go "beyond a simple translation from sketch to object"
Zaha Hadid Design co-directors Woody Yao and Maha Kutay have selected 10 highlights from an exhibition of the design studio's objects at Roca London Gallery. More
Zaha Hadid Architects designs Xi'an cultural centre to echo "meandering valleys"
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has released visuals of the Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre, which will span an eight-lane motorway in Xi'an, China. More
Zaha Hadid Architects designs sinuous solar-powered catamaran
UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its concept for the Oneiric solar-panel-covered yacht, developed with Italian shipyard Rossinavi. More
Zaha Hadid embraced the potential of deconstructivism
Continuing our series revitising deconstructivist architecture we look at the late Zaha Hadid, the "queen of the curve" who designed the Heydar Aliyev Centre and London Aquatics Centre. More
Zaha Hadid's Vitra Fire Station is "ready to explode into action at any moment"
We continue our series on deconstructivism by looking at Zaha Hadid's first major built work, the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. More
Seven early deconstructivist buildings from MoMA's seminal exhibition
Continuing our deconstructivist series, we look at seven early buildings featured in the seminal 1988 Deconstructivist Architecture exhibition at MoMA that launched the careers of Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind. More
Video showcases sinuous forms of desert headquarters by Zaha Hadid Architects
The twisting sculptural form of the recently completed Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah by British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects is revealed in this drone video. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects completes dune-like Beeah Headquarters in Sharjah
Zaha Hadid Architects took visual cues from undulating desert dunes when creating the sinuous headquarters for environmental management company Beeah Group in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. More
Zaha Hadid Architects' metaverse city features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Zaha Hadid Architects' design for a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse, which allows people to buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. More
Zaha Hadid Architects designs virtual Liberland Metaverse city
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. More
Plans for London museum to showcase work of Zaha Hadid revealed
The Zaha Hadid Foundation has revealed plans to open a permanent gallery and study centre in London, six years after the death of its founder. More
David Chipperfield Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects suspend work in Russia
Architecture firms David Chipperfield Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects have announced they are halting work on projects in Russia following the country's invasion of Ukraine. More
Zaha Hadid Architects begins construction on Ukrainian metro stations
British firm Zaha Hadid Architects has begun construction on three new stations for the Dnipro Metro in Ukraine as part of a four-kilometre line extension. More
Foster + Partners criticises RIBA climate report over "deviation" from global treaty
The UK's largest architecture firm, Foster + Partners, has criticised a RIBA sustainability report backed by nearly 250 built environment organisations, claiming that it contradicts the watershed Paris Agreement treaty on climate change. More
Zaha Hadid Architects creates multi-level city park in Cyprus' capital
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Eleftheria Square, a public park that runs alongside the historic Venetian Walls of Nicosia, Cyprus. More
Zaha Hadid Architects announces transition to employee ownership
UK practice Zaha Hadid Architects has become an employee-owned studio in response to a growing demand for a "more accessible and egalitarian" profession. More