Tag: legacy
Can an architectural practice survive the demise of a ‘starchitect’? Recent events have prompted Edwin Heathcote and Simon Nelson to tackle this timely topic.
Hadid rejected postmodernism’s pastiche of architectural styles, instead claiming that modernism was an unfinished project – a vision that was explored in her work in the performing arts sector, including the Guangzhou Opera House (2003–10) and the Heydar Aliyev Centre (2007–12).
“I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper,” said the late Hadid, whose work remains a force of creative inspiration in a masculine domain. While high-rise was an important sector for the startchitect, many of her designs don’t look exactly like typical high-rises. This week begins an online architectural retrospective series on Hadid which originally appeared in AR145 – Future.
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