Zaha Hadid forced to throw in the towel over Tokyo Olympic stadium
Zaha Hadid Architects has had to give up its battle over the Tokyo 2020 Olympics stadium after failing to secure a construction company for its design. More
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Zaha Hadid teams up with Nikken Sekkei to submit new bid for Tokyo 2020 stadium
Zaha Hadid is working with Japanese architecture and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei to win back the Tokyo Olympic stadium project after its first competition-winning design was thrown out in July (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid Architects launches campaign to reinstate scrapped Tokyo stadium design
Zaha Hadid Architects has released a new movie detailing its design for its scrapped Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, which it describes as "the only way to achieve value for money in the market" (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion set the bar for what followed, says Julia Peyton-Jones
Movie: next up in our exclusive video series celebrating the 15th Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones looks back at how Zaha Hadid's marquee from 2000 launched the annual commission. More
Zaha Hadid's High Line installation protects park visitors from construction debris
Zaha Hadid has created a swooping canopy for New York's High Line – in an area of the elevated park abutting the construction site for a building designed by the architect. More
Zaha Hadid wins contest for landmark bridge across Taipei's Tamsui River
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a 920-metre-long bridge across the mouth of the Tamsui River in the Taiwanese capital. More
Richard Rogers steps in to defend Zaha Hadid's scrapped Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium
British architect Richard Rogers says Japan "lost its nerve" in abandoning Zaha Hadid's Olympic stadium design, adding that the decision could damage the country's credibility. More
Zaha Hadid buries a museum in the peak of an Alpine mountain
Zaha Hadid has completed a museum for renowned climber Reinhold Messner at the top of Alpine peak Mount Kronplatz, featuring underground galleries and a viewing platform cantilevered over a valley (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid says Japan ignored warnings over Olympic stadium construction costs
Zaha Hadid Architects says its design for the Tokyo stadium design should be revised rather than scrapped, to avoid missing the immovable deadline of the 2020 Olympics. More
Zaha Hadid and Pharrell Williams team up to launch trainers for Adidas
Musician Pharrell Williams is a "huge fan" of architect Zaha Hadid, who he has collaborated with to design a pair of trainers as part of his collection for Adidas (+ movie). More
Japan scraps Zaha Hadid's Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium
Zaha Hadid's controversial plans for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo have been scrapped. More
Zaha Hadid Architects embraces America as China turns against "weird architecture"
Business news: overseas architects are finding it more difficult to win work in China, according to Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher, as the economy slows down and the government tries to promote local talent. More
Zaha Hadid proposes a pair of tapered towers for Australia's Gold Coast
Zaha Hadid has designed her second set of skyscrapers for Australia – a pair of sinuous towers that will be constructed beside the harbour in Gold Coast, Queensland. More
Zaha Hadid extends Liquid Glacial furniture collection
Architect Zaha Hadid has added a range of stools and a bowl designed to resemble ice formations to her collection of furniture for London's David Gill Gallery. More
Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind build a community of 650 homes in Milan
Angular balconies and timber panelling characterise these housing developments by architects Zaha Hadid and Daniel Libeskind, both located in Milan's fast-growing City Life district (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid adds a shimmery steel tunnel to an Oxford University college
Zaha Hadid has completed a new facility for the University of Oxford – a centre for studying Middle Eastern culture, conceived by the architect as a reflective tunnel suspended in space (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid completes pebble-shaped Wangjing Soho towers in Beijing
Zaha Hadid has completed her second major project for Chinese developer Soho China – a trio of curved towers designed to look like giant pebbles (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid plans sinuous apartment complex for first project in Mexico
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans to build a high-density housing development in Monterrey, Mexico, despite having been asked to design a series of high-rise towers (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid sculpts marble vases and tables for Citco
Milan 2015: architect Zaha Hadid has carved pleats into the surfaces of these vases and tables made from different varieties of marble (+ slideshow). More
Patrik Schumacher launches attack on "ignorant" architecture critics
Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has hit out at "superficial and ignorant" criticism of iconic buildings and star architects. More