Zaha Hadid

(British, 1950–2016)

hafenstrasse, hamburg by zaha hadid

Zaha Hadid

Hafenstrasse, Hamburg, 1989

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Biography

Timeline

1972 - 1977
Studied architecture at the Architectural Association. Awarded the Diploma Prize upon graduation.
1977 - 1987
Became a partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, taught at the AA with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and later led her own studio at the AA.
1982
Gold Medal Architectural Design, British Architecture for 59 Eaton Place, London
1983
The Peak, Hong Kong
1986
Kurfürstendamm, Berlin
1987
Since 1987, she has held the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois, School of Architecture, Chicago; guest professorships at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg; the Knolton School of Architecture, Ohio and the Masters Studio at Columbia University, New York.
1992 - 1993
Düsseldorf Art and Media Centre
1994
Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales
1996
Thames Water/Royal Academy Habitable Bridge, London
Honourable Member of the Bund Deutsches Architekten,

Exhibitions

2012
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Gallery Weekend Berlin, Germany (solo)
Form in Motion, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA (solo)
2009
U.F.O.: Grenzgänge zwischen Kunst und Design, NRW Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
Monuments with a horizon line II (Sean Dawson, Zaha Hadid, Markus Miessen & Bettina Pousttchi, Karen Mirza & Brad Butler, Sergio Prego, Joel Sternfeld, Jorinde Voigt, Lawrence Weiner, Clare Woods), Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Sharjah Biennial 9 (with Lawrence Weiner)
In situ: Architecture and Landscape, MoMA, New York
2008 - 2009
Museums in the 21st century, UMMA, Ann Arbor
Interior/Exterior (with Mario Merz), Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
2008
Museums in the 21st century, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Zaha Hadid, Mobile Art: Chanel Contemporary Art Container, National Yoyogi Stadium, Tokyo