Zaha Hadid Architects

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Zaha Hadid Architects is a British architecture and design firm founded by Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), with its main office situated in Clerkenwell, London.[3] After the death of "starchitect" Hadid, Patrik Schumacher became head of the firm. At the time with a staff of 400, with 36 projects across 21 countries.[4]

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Zaha Hadid Architects
Company typeEmployee Benefit Trust (EBT)
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1979; 46 years ago (1979)
HeadquartersLondon[1]
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Number of employees
500
Websitezaha-hadid.com
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In the early 2020s, the firm designed a virtual city, Liberland Metaverse, based on the Liberland micronation and hosted on the Metaverse platform.[5] The firm had in the 2020s turned to artificial intelligence to help in the design of workplaces; the firm created a dedicated internal unit called ZHAI (Zaha Hadid Analytics + Insights) to address AI utilization, something uncommon among peer firms.[6]

Recent awards

2023

World Architecture Awards[7]

  • Realised Award Winning Architecture Projects: BEEAH Headquarters (United Arab Emirates)
  • Designed Award Winning Architecture Projects: International Convention Centre and Theaters (French Polynesia)

Johnson Controls Blueprint of the Future Award[8]

2022

UK Excellence in Design Award

  • Infinitus Plaza (Guangzhou, China)[9]:Large Projects

Architizer Awards A+ Awards

Jury Winner for Best Large Firm[10]

Jury Winner for Architecture + Concrete: Striatus 3D Printed Bridge (Venice, Italy)[11][1]

Architectural work

Conceptual projects

Major completed projects

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Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan
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520 West 28th Street, Manhattan, New York City (2018)
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Leeza SOHO, Beijing, China (2019)
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Sky Park Residence in Bratislava, Slovakia (2024)

Unfinished projects

Ongoing and future projects

References

Further reading

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