Zaha Hadid: Complete Works

Zaha Hadid is the most visionary of the best-known contemporary architects. This is the most complete survey of her work, and it encompasses both built and unbuilt designs, including her most recent commissions: the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Lithuania and the Aquatics Centre for the 2012 London Olympics. Among her most renowned works are the Vitra Fire Station in Germany and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.

Zaha Hadid is among the world’s most important and best known contemporary architects. She was born in Baghdad and is based in London today. She has received many awards including the 2004 Pritzker Prize for Architecture and the 2003 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture. Most recently, she was awarded the 2007 Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture. Her most recent celebrated commissions include the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum to be built in Vilnius, Lithuania and the 17,500 seat Aquatics Centre designed for the 2012 London Olympics.

Aaron Betsky has been the current director of the Cincinnati Art Museum since 2006 and formerly the director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute. He has written numerous books on architecture and design, and he has been honored to be chosen as the director of the 2008 Venice Architectural Biennale.