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
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Zaha Hadid reveals animation of desert HQ for waste management company
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed a new movie showing the studio's proposal for a sand-dune-inspired building that will be the new headquarters for Middle Eastern environmental company Bee'ah (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid unveils designs for "world's largest airport passenger terminal" in Beijing
News: architect Zaha Hadid is working with airport specialist ADPI on plans for a major new terminal in Daxing, Beijing, that will accommodate 45 million passengers per year. More
Zaha Hadid settles book review lawsuit and donates money to labour rights charity
News: Zaha Hadid has settled her case against the New York Review of Books and critic Martin Filler, and has donated the settlement money to an undisclosed charity that "protects and champions labour rights". More
Cladding panel falls off Zaha Hadid's Vienna library
News: parts of Zaha Hadid Architects' Library and Learning Centre in Vienna have been cordoned off after a piece of concrete cladding fell off. More
Zaha Hadid's first Brazilian building designed for Copacabana Beach
News: Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its first project in Brazil – an 11-storey apartment building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro. More
"They thought I was a troublemaker" says Zaha Hadid
Feature: Zaha Hadid was in a garrulous mood at a panel discussion in Miami earlier this month, discussing the lack of women in architecture, describing her "untraditional" education and recalling the stressful early days of her practice, when "there were years when I didn't sleep for four nights in a row". More
Zaha Hadid designs dune-inspired headquarters for environmental firm
News: Zaha Hadid has designed a building shaped like a field of sand dunes to house the headquarters of Middle Eastern environmental company Bee'ah. More
Zaha Hadid says Tokyo stadium criticism is "embarrassing" for Japanese architects
News: Zaha Hadid has hit back at the Japanese architects criticising her Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium design, describing them as "hypocrites". More
Zaha Hadid attempts to rethink roadside advertising with billboard design
News: designs have been revealed for one of Zaha Hadid's smallest new structures – an advertising billboard for a stretch of road in west London that the architect says will "create a new genre in the roadside advertising canon". More
Zaha Hadid's gold bracelet is embedded with 1,048 diamonds
News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed an 18-carat white gold cuff for Lebanese jewellery house Aziz and Walid Mouzannar. More
Zaha Hadid's Tokyo stadium will be "a disgrace to future generations" says Arata Isozaki
News: Japanese architect Arata Isozaki has hit out at the redesign of Zaha Hadid's Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, branding it "a monumental mistake" that has left him "in despair". More
Zaha Hadid "pretty much chose herself" to design Women Fashion Power exhibition
"There was no discussion" over the choice of architect Zaha Hadid to design the new exhibition at London's Design Museum about how women in positions of power use fashion, according to its curators (+ slideshow). More
ACADIA exhibits multi-material 3D-printed designs by Zaha Hadid, Francis Bitonti and more
The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) used its annual conference to showcase products created with the latest additive manufacturing technologies, including a chair by architect Zaha Hadid that can be 3D-printed on-demand (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster chosen to design Chinese hotels
News: Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster have been selected to design high-rise hotels in China for Jumeirah Group. More
Will.i.am launches Puls smart "cuff" with special editions by Zaha Hadid
News: the Puls smartwatch by music producer Will.i.am is due to go on sale in the USA and UK later this year, featuring special edition designs created by architect Zaha Hadid. More
Zaha Hadid designs a wooden building for Cambodian genocide researchers
News: Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs for a new Cambodian institution made up of five interwoven wooden towers to house the largest archive of genocide-related documents in Southeast Asia (+ movie). More
Zaha Hadid homeware collection launches at Harrods
London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has launched her first homeware collection, including vessels, candelabras and a chess set, at London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid installs aluminium wave over pool in V&A museum garden
London Design Festival 2014: architect Zaha Hadid has installed a shimmering "bridge" to cross a reflecting pool in the V&A museum's John Madejski Garden (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid to create maths gallery at London's Science Museum
News: Zaha Hadid has won the commission for a new gallery dedicated to maths at the Science Museum in London, with a design that explores "the many influences of mathematics in our everyday lives". More