Zaha Hadid Book order

Covering her complete works to date, and all her new work from Dubai to Guangzhou, this text clearly demonstrates the progression of Hadid's career - not only buildings but also furniture and interior designs - and including in-depth texts, photos and her own drawings.

The definitive guide to modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and Arab world since 1945. Includes more than 500 colour illustrations, a guide to Arabic script and biographies of the 200-plus featured artists.

Fluid Totality presents the avant-garde architectural visions of one of the most innovative academic institutions of our time—Studio Hadid at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The studio founded by Zaha Hadid 15 years ago has meanwhile developed into a globally renowned think tank. The book analyzes these developments in the context of a comprehensive process of digitization and the resulting global changes in our habitats. On the basis of theoretical and analytical essays by influential contemporary architectural theorists and critics, as well as numerous articles and statements by renowned architects and others who have been involved during the history of the studio, this volume presents the result of fifteen years of pioneering work in an international context; the particular focus being the projects of the last five years.

The juxtaposition of Zaha Hadid’s architectural models and drawings with Judith Turner’s photographs reveals a deep connection between the two artists, showcasing a shared sensibility. Early in Hadid’s career, her designs were not holistic but rather composed of fragmented forms. Similarly, Turner’s photography diverges from traditional architectural documentation; she captures fragments rather than complete structures, creating a collage of parts that reflects Hadid's vision. Both artists embrace incomplete and distorted geometries, with Hadid's work embodying an abstract interpretation of Modernism through points, lines, and planes. Turner amplifies this abstraction in her photography, compressing three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional images. Hadid’s neutral palette, particularly in concrete, gains intensity through Turner’s graphic compositions of black, white, and gray. The dynamic nature of Hadid’s designs, characterized by diagonal lines and oblique planes, is mirrored in Turner’s approach, as she often positions herself at an angle to the buildings, enhancing their architectural dynamism. By tilting her camera, Turner elevates Hadid’s anti-gravitational structures, further emphasizing their energetic qualities. Joseph Giovannini, a design firm principal and educator, provides context for this exploration.

Zaha Hadid (*1950 in Baghdad), recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, designed and curated a groundbreaking exhibition at Zurich's Galerie Gmurzynska, comparing works of the Russian avant-garde with those of Zaha Hadid Architects. A fierce explosion of Russian works tore through the contemporary works by the architect in a dynamic black and white design. Created specifically for the venue, the projection of a two-dimensional drawing onto a three dimensional space transformed the gallery into a spatial painting in which the threshold of the picture plane expanded and could be entered. Zaha Hadid translated the warped and weightless space of Russian avant-garde painting and sculpture by Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, and Alexander Rodchenko into her very own architectural language. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3300-7)

Building the future now.  The iconic work of a singular architect   Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said her work was unbuildable. Yet over the past decade she has completed numerous structures including the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati (which the New York Times called ’’the most important new building in America since the Cold War’’), the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany,and the Central Building of the new BMW Assembly Plant in Leipzig. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the élite of world architecture, her audacious and futuristic designs having catapulted her to international fame. Born in Baghdad and educated in London, where her practice is based, Hadid has designed radical architecture for over 30 years and is now the subject of this massive TASCHEN monograph. Covering her complete works to date, and all of her recent work from Dubai to Guangzhou, this XL tome demonstrates the progression of Hadid’s career—including not only buildings but also furniture and interior designs—with in-depth texts, spectacular photos, and her own drawings. Also included is a special section with translucent vellum paper allowing multiple layers of designs to be viewed at once or separately.  

In den Gesprächen, die Hans Ulrich Obrist mit der Architektin und Pritzker-Preisträgerin führte, werden nicht nur die Projekte besprochen, mit denen Hadid in der ganzen Welt einen unverwechselbaren, dekonstruktivistisch genannten und dennoch gänzlich unabhängigen Stil entwickelt hat. Anhand verschiedener Gebäudetypen wie dem Museum werden prägnante Beispiele und Vorbilder diskutiert und Hadids ästhetische wie soziokulturelle Position in der Architektur der Gegenwart umfassend und authentisch geklärt. Ebenso spricht Hadid von ihren Ausstellungsarchitekturen und Bühnenbildern, so etwa über ihre Zusammenarbeit mit den Pet Shop Boys, für deren Welttournee sie 1999 einen unverwechselbaren architektonischen Rahmen geschaffen hat. Konzeptionelle wie bauliche Fragen erörtert sie mit sachlicher Präzision und vermittelt so auch einen authentischen Eindruck eines der großen Architekturbüros.

Unikátní publikace představuje kompletní sbírku skic Jana Kaplického z let 1942-2005. Všech 230 barevných reprodukcí věrně zobrazuje inspirační podněty pro architektonické projekty, návrhy interiérů, bytových a módních doplňků, jež nebyly ještě nikdy v podobném rozsahu v žádné knize Jana Kaplického publikovány. Úvodní zamyšlení napsala speciálně pro tuto knihu jedna z nejvýznamnějších architektek a designérek současnosti Zaha Hadid.