{"product_id":"zaha-hadid-9783836536356","title":"Zaha Hadid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZaha Hadid \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e During the latter years of her life, Hadid's daring visions became a reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and structures as varied as the \u003cstrong\u003eRosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati\u003c\/strong\u003e, hailed by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"the most important new building in America since the Cold War\"; the \u003cstrong\u003eMAXXI Museum in Rome\u003c\/strong\u003e; the\u003cstrong\u003e Guangzhou Opera House in China\u003c\/strong\u003e; and the\u003cstrong\u003e London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the time of her unexpected death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among the elite of world architecture, recognized as the \u003cstrong\u003efirst woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e, but above all as a giver of new forms, the first great architect of the noughties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From her early sharply angled buildings to later more fluid architecture that made floors, ceilings, walls, and furniture part of an overall design, this essential introduction presents key examples of Hadid's pioneering practice. She was \u003cstrong\u003ean artist, as much as an architect, who fought to break the old rules and crafted her own 21st-century universe\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJodidio, Philip:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His TASCHEN books include the Architecture Now! series and monographs on Tadao Ando, Santiago Calatrava, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid, and soon Norman Foster.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50627121316114,"sku":"9783836536356","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c3510205-523e-46f9-a116-fcc5dae33f82.jpg?v=1732671668","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zaha-hadid-9783836536356","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}