10 stunning projects by Zaha Hadid

Iraqi-British Zaha Hadid is known for her intensely futuristic architecture characterized by curved facades , sharp angles, and stark materials such as concrete and steel . Hadid’s designs, many of which transform depending on the viewer’s perspective, turn architectural convention on its head . Over the past two decades, her work has been honored with a long list of awards. Below, check out 10 impressive projects by architect Zaha Hadid !

1. Galaxy Soho

Galaxy Soho , a retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing, features four spherical structures clad in aluminum and stone that are joined by pedestrian bridges .

2. Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum

The Michigan State University campus has never been the same since Zaha Hadid completed her design for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. Opened in 2012, the contemporary art museum seems frozen in motion.

3. Capital Hill Residence

Capital Hill Residence was Zaha Hadid's only private residential project . Located in a forest near Moscow, the $140 million project is partially submerged underground.

4. Heydar Aliyev Center

The Riverside Museum in Scotland cuts an impressive figure with its zigzagging zinc-clad roof .

6. Pierres Vives

The concrete and glass Pierres Vives building in Montpellier, France, is the unification of three institutions – the archive, library and sports department.

7. Guangzhou Opera House

The Guangzhou Opera House in China's Guangdong province is shaped like two boulders on the banks of the Pearl River. The main auditorium is lined with plaster panels molded into fluid, organic shapes and illuminated by thousands of tiny lights that resemble stars in the sky. night sky .

8. Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

The Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion, built in 2008, also functions as a pedestrian bridge over the Ebro River in Zaragoza, Spain. The exterior of the building, which includes 29,000 triangles , is composed of fiberglass-reinforced concrete.

9. Rosenthal Contemporary Arts Center

One of the architect's few projects that uses cubic forms, the Rosenthal Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, completed in 2003, is the first museum in the US designed by a woman.

10. Phaeno Science Center

Hadid's design for the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany, is described in many ways. Through this project, the architect created complex, dynamic and fluid spaces - from the gently undulating artificial hills and valleys created below the main elevated structure, to the crater.