Zaha Hadid

The Architecture of Impossible Things Zaha Hadid spent sixteen years designing buildings that could not be built. When the technology finally caught up with her imagination, she remade the skyline of the world. The question she never stopped arguing about was whether any of it was actually for the people inside. By Bergotte There isContinue reading “Zaha Hadid”

Romeo Roma: Zaha Hadid’s Final Masterpiece of Heritage and Futurism

Rome is a city that has always contained contradictions: ancient ruins beneath Renaissance frescoes, Baroque piazzas beside Fascist rationalism. To open a new hotel here is to add another layer to that palimpsest. But to open one designed by Zaha Hadid — posthumously completed as her last architectural project — is to enter a differentContinue reading “Romeo Roma: Zaha Hadid’s Final Masterpiece of Heritage and Futurism”