ZHA was founded by architect Zaha Hadid in London in 1999, having already established herself as world-renowned in her profession since 1979. Our multidisciplinary approach embodies an enlightened philosophical framework. Creating open forms and civic spaces to democratise each building, ZHA’s work engages local cultures by an act of attraction rather than an imposition.
Our Principal, Patrik Schumacher, joined Zaha 1988. We completed our first built project in 1993.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Postcard for 1878 Prima Swarovski Postcard Selection
Project
Conceived as the end-note to existing factory buildings, the Vitra Fire Station defines rather than occupies space – emerging as a linear, layered series of walls, between which programme elements are contained – a representation of ‘movement frozen’ – an ‘alert’ structure, ready to explode into action at any moment.
Our portfolio of projects expanded globally, working in dozens of countries across four continents. Our London office grew to 300 employees, and we opened a Beijing studio. We established our first formal research group, ZHA’s Computation and Design Group (ZHA CODE), pioneering new technologies for design and construction.
Recognised by renowned academic and professional institutions worldwide, our work set new benchmarks and opened new frontiers for the industry. Zaha became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Projects
Photograph by Roland Halbe
Sports
01/13
Innsbruck, Austria
1999 - 2002
ZHA's ski jump on Bergisel mountains contains a ski ramp and sports facilities, as well as public spaces, including a tower-top café and viewing terrace. Rising to a height of almost 50m the structure’s distinctive form and silhouette extends the topography of the ski slopes below into the alpine sky above.
Photograph by Roland Halbe
Culture
02/13
Cincinnati, United States of America
1997 - 2003
Our free-standing building for the Contemporary Arts Center provides space for temporary exhibitions, installations and performance. Conceived as a dynamic public space, an ‘Urban Carpet’ leads pedestrians into and through the interior space via a gentle slope, which becomes, in turn, wall, ramp, walkway and even an artificial park space.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Offices
03/13
Leipzig, Germany
2001 - 2005
Our Central Building for BMW constituted a radical reinterpretation of the traditional office – transforming the building and the functions it contains into a more dynamic, engaging ‘nerve-centre’ or ‘communication knot’ – funneling all movement around the manufacturing complex through a space that transcends conventional white collar/blue collar spatial divisions.
Photograph by Werner Huthmacher
Culture
04/13
Wolfsburg, Germany
2000 - 2005
Described variously as ‘an architectural adventure playground’ and ‘the magic box’, Phaeno realises our continuing vision of creating ‘complex, dynamic and fluid spaces’ – from the gently undulating artificial hills and valleys created below the main elevated structure, to the crater-like museum floor, naturally lit spaces and accessible funnels within.
Photograph by Werner Huthmacher
Alpenzoo Station
Transport + Infrastructure
05/13
Innsbruck, Austria
2004 - 2007
‘Shell & Shadow’: a unique architectural language of fluidity inspired by natural ice formations, for stations along Innsbruck’s northern chain of mountains. Lightweight organic roof structures float on concrete plinths, their soft shapes and contours creating an artificial landscape that describes the movement and circulation within.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hong Kong : 27 February - 5 April 2008
Installations + Pavilions
06/13
Hong Kong
2008 - 2011
A unique sculptural pavilion created as an exhibition/event space for Chanel – inspired by the brand’s distinctive layering of exquisite details within an elegant, cohesive whole – created as a series of continuous arches, sequencing towards a central courtyard – the entire structure ‘flooded’ by through translucent walls and ceilings.
Photograph by Fernando Guerra
Transport + Infrastructure
07/13
Zaragoza, Spain
2005 - 2008
An enclosed interactive space spanning the River Ebro to form a gateway to the Zaragoza Expo 2008, a hybrid of pedestrian footbridge and exhibition pavilion. Four structural elements correspond to specific spatial enclosures, which intersect and brace each other. This fluid, dynamic design interprets the Expo’s theme: ‘Water and Sustainable Development.’
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Exterior View, Dusk
Culture
08/13
Rome, Italy
1998 - 2009
MAXXI supercedes the notion of the museum as ‘object’ or – presenting a field of buildings accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is ‘within’ and what is ‘without’. Central to this new reality are confluent lines – walls intersecting and separating to create interior and exterior spaces.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Grace Middle School Entrance Terrace
Education
09/13
London, United Kingdom
2006 - 2010
An opportunity to broaden the educational diversity of this active and historic London area. Following the principle of ‘schools within schools’, the design generates natural patterns of division within highly functional spaces which give each of the four smaller schools a distinct identity, both internally and externally.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
Culture
10/13
Guangzhou, China
2004 - 2010
At the heart of Guangzhou’s cultural sites development, a lasting, state-of-the-art monument to the new millennium overlooking the Pearl River. Its contoured profile, unique twin boulder design and approach promenade enhances urban function, opens access to the riverside and dock areas and creates a new dialogue with the emerging town.
Photograph by McAteer Photograph / Alan McAteer
Culture
11/13
Glasgow, United Kingdom
2004 - 2011
The museum, a sectional extrusion open at both ends, its outline encapsulating a wave or pleat, flows from city to waterfront, symbolising dynamic relationship between Glasgow and the ship-building, seafaring and industrial legacy of the river Clyde. Clear glass facades allow light to flood through the main exhibition space.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Legacy Mode : December 2013
Sports
12/13
London, United Kingdom
2005 - 2011
A concept inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating spaces and a surrounding environment in sympathy with the river landscape of the Olympic Park. An undulating roof sweeps up from the ground as a wave, enclosing the pools of the Centre with its unifying gesture.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
13/13
Marseille, France
2005 - 2010
Rising in a metallic curving arc that slowly lifts and accelerates skywards into the dramatic vertical geometry of its revolutionary forms. With its ultimate coordinate 142.8 metres above the ground, a gateway to the city from both land and sea, an iconic vertical element that interacts with Marseille’s other significant landmarks.
Photograph by Roland Halbe
Sports
01/13
Innsbruck, Austria
1999 - 2002
ZHA's ski jump on Bergisel mountains contains a ski ramp and sports facilities, as well as public spaces, including a tower-top café and viewing terrace. Rising to a height of almost 50m the structure’s distinctive form and silhouette extends the topography of the ski slopes below into the alpine sky above.
Photograph by Roland Halbe
Culture
02/13
Cincinnati, United States of America
1997 - 2003
Our free-standing building for the Contemporary Arts Center provides space for temporary exhibitions, installations and performance. Conceived as a dynamic public space, an ‘Urban Carpet’ leads pedestrians into and through the interior space via a gentle slope, which becomes, in turn, wall, ramp, walkway and even an artificial park space.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Offices
03/13
Leipzig, Germany
2001 - 2005
Our Central Building for BMW constituted a radical reinterpretation of the traditional office – transforming the building and the functions it contains into a more dynamic, engaging ‘nerve-centre’ or ‘communication knot’ – funneling all movement around the manufacturing complex through a space that transcends conventional white collar/blue collar spatial divisions.
Photograph by Werner Huthmacher
Culture
04/13
Wolfsburg, Germany
2000 - 2005
Described variously as ‘an architectural adventure playground’ and ‘the magic box’, Phaeno realises our continuing vision of creating ‘complex, dynamic and fluid spaces’ – from the gently undulating artificial hills and valleys created below the main elevated structure, to the crater-like museum floor, naturally lit spaces and accessible funnels within.
Photograph by Werner Huthmacher
Alpenzoo Station
Transport + Infrastructure
05/13
Innsbruck, Austria
2004 - 2007
‘Shell & Shadow’: a unique architectural language of fluidity inspired by natural ice formations, for stations along Innsbruck’s northern chain of mountains. Lightweight organic roof structures float on concrete plinths, their soft shapes and contours creating an artificial landscape that describes the movement and circulation within.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hong Kong : 27 February - 5 April 2008
Installations + Pavilions
06/13
Hong Kong
2008 - 2011
A unique sculptural pavilion created as an exhibition/event space for Chanel – inspired by the brand’s distinctive layering of exquisite details within an elegant, cohesive whole – created as a series of continuous arches, sequencing towards a central courtyard – the entire structure ‘flooded’ by through translucent walls and ceilings.
Photograph by Fernando Guerra
Transport + Infrastructure
07/13
Zaragoza, Spain
2005 - 2008
An enclosed interactive space spanning the River Ebro to form a gateway to the Zaragoza Expo 2008, a hybrid of pedestrian footbridge and exhibition pavilion. Four structural elements correspond to specific spatial enclosures, which intersect and brace each other. This fluid, dynamic design interprets the Expo’s theme: ‘Water and Sustainable Development.’
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Exterior View, Dusk
Culture
08/13
Rome, Italy
1998 - 2009
MAXXI supercedes the notion of the museum as ‘object’ or – presenting a field of buildings accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is ‘within’ and what is ‘without’. Central to this new reality are confluent lines – walls intersecting and separating to create interior and exterior spaces.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Grace Middle School Entrance Terrace
Education
09/13
London, United Kingdom
2006 - 2010
An opportunity to broaden the educational diversity of this active and historic London area. Following the principle of ‘schools within schools’, the design generates natural patterns of division within highly functional spaces which give each of the four smaller schools a distinct identity, both internally and externally.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
Culture
10/13
Guangzhou, China
2004 - 2010
At the heart of Guangzhou’s cultural sites development, a lasting, state-of-the-art monument to the new millennium overlooking the Pearl River. Its contoured profile, unique twin boulder design and approach promenade enhances urban function, opens access to the riverside and dock areas and creates a new dialogue with the emerging town.
Photograph by McAteer Photograph / Alan McAteer
Culture
11/13
Glasgow, United Kingdom
2004 - 2011
The museum, a sectional extrusion open at both ends, its outline encapsulating a wave or pleat, flows from city to waterfront, symbolising dynamic relationship between Glasgow and the ship-building, seafaring and industrial legacy of the river Clyde. Clear glass facades allow light to flood through the main exhibition space.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Legacy Mode : December 2013
Sports
12/13
London, United Kingdom
2005 - 2011
A concept inspired by the fluid geometry of water in motion, creating spaces and a surrounding environment in sympathy with the river landscape of the Olympic Park. An undulating roof sweeps up from the ground as a wave, enclosing the pools of the Centre with its unifying gesture.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
13/13
Marseille, France
2005 - 2010
Rising in a metallic curving arc that slowly lifts and accelerates skywards into the dramatic vertical geometry of its revolutionary forms. With its ultimate coordinate 142.8 metres above the ground, a gateway to the city from both land and sea, an iconic vertical element that interacts with Marseille’s other significant landmarks.
Establishing the studio as a global leader in the advancement of new technologies to enhance the performance and efficiencies within our architecture and enriching the spaces we create, we founded three further research teams and opened our Hong Kong studio. In 2016, Zaha was the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal.
Zaha Hadid passed away on 31st March 2016. Her legacy endures in every aspect of our work.
Projects
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Culture
01/15
Baku, Azerbaijan
2007 - 2012
ZHA was appointed as design architects of the Heydar Aliyev Center in 2007. The Center, designed to become the primary building for the nation’s cultural programs, breaks from the rigid and often monumental Soviet architecture that is so prevalent in Baku, aspiring instead to express the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Culture
02/15
London, United Kingdom
2009 - 2013
The Serpentine North Gallery consists of two distinct parts, namely the conversion of a classical 19th century brick structure – The Magazine – and a 21st century tensile structure. The Serpentine North Gallery is thus – after MAXXI in Rome – the second art space where ZHA has created a synthesis of old and new.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
Education
03/15
Hong Kong, China
2007 - 2014
The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) is home to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Culture
04/15
Seoul, South Korea
2007 - 2014
The DDP has been designed as a cultural hub at the centre of one of the busiest and most historic districts of the city. It is a place for people of all ages; a catalyst for the instigation and exchange of ideas and a place for new technologies and media to be explored - presenting an ever-changing menu of exhibitions and events that feeds the cultural vitality of the city.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Education
05/15
Oxford, United Kingdom
2013 - 2015
The new Investcorp Building for the Middle East Centre provides 1,127m² of additional floor space and a new 117-seat lecture theatre; doubling the space available for the Middle East Centre’s expanding library & archive, and providing optimum conditions to conserve and manage the centre’s collections that were previously stored in the basement of 66 Woodstock Road.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Offices
06/15
Antwerp, Belgium
2009 - 2016
The new Port House in Antwerp repurposes, renovates and extends a derelict fire station into a new headquarters for the port – bringing together the port’s 500 staff that previously worked in separate buildings around the city.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Education
07/15
London, United Kingdom
2014 - 2016
Mathematics: The Winton Gallery brings together remarkable stories, historical artefacts and design to highlight the central role of mathematical practice in all our lives, and explores how mathematicians, their tools and ideas have helped build the modern world over the past four centuries.
Photograph by Julian Faulhaber
Education
08/15
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2009 - 2017
KAPSARC is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social well-being across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions to use energy more efficiently.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Residential
09/15
New York, United States of America
2013 - 2018
There is a powerful urban dynamic between the streets of New York and the High Line, a layered civic realm that has developed over generations and in many iterations. 520 West 28th conveys this contextual relationship, applying new ideas and concepts to create the latest evolution of the site’s rich history.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Generali Tower
Offices
10/15
Milan, Italy
2004 - 2018
Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hospitality
11/15
Macau, China
2013 - 2018
The world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton optimises the interiors by creating spaces that are uninterrupted by supporting walls or columns. Three horizontal vortices generate the voids through the building and define the hotel’s dramatic internal public spaces.
Sports
12/15
Al Wakrah, Qatar
2014 - 2019
Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Photograph by Piet Niemann
Civic
13/15
Hamburg, Germany
2006 - 2019
Located at Niederhafen on the Elbe River between St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and Baumwall in Hamburg, the upgraded 625m river promenade is integral to the modernisation and reinforcement of the city’s flood protection system.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
14/15
Beijing, China
2014 - 2019
Beijing Daxing International Airport is a new airport in the Daxing district 46km south of the city centre (20 minutes by express train).
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
15/15
Beijing, China
2015 - 2019
Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district; a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Culture
01/15
Baku, Azerbaijan
2007 - 2012
ZHA was appointed as design architects of the Heydar Aliyev Center in 2007. The Center, designed to become the primary building for the nation’s cultural programs, breaks from the rigid and often monumental Soviet architecture that is so prevalent in Baku, aspiring instead to express the sensibilities of Azeri culture and the optimism of a nation that looks to the future.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Culture
02/15
London, United Kingdom
2009 - 2013
The Serpentine North Gallery consists of two distinct parts, namely the conversion of a classical 19th century brick structure – The Magazine – and a 21st century tensile structure. The Serpentine North Gallery is thus – after MAXXI in Rome – the second art space where ZHA has created a synthesis of old and new.
Photograph by Iwan Baan
Education
03/15
Hong Kong, China
2007 - 2014
The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) is home to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Culture
04/15
Seoul, South Korea
2007 - 2014
The DDP has been designed as a cultural hub at the centre of one of the busiest and most historic districts of the city. It is a place for people of all ages; a catalyst for the instigation and exchange of ideas and a place for new technologies and media to be explored - presenting an ever-changing menu of exhibitions and events that feeds the cultural vitality of the city.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Education
05/15
Oxford, United Kingdom
2013 - 2015
The new Investcorp Building for the Middle East Centre provides 1,127m² of additional floor space and a new 117-seat lecture theatre; doubling the space available for the Middle East Centre’s expanding library & archive, and providing optimum conditions to conserve and manage the centre’s collections that were previously stored in the basement of 66 Woodstock Road.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
Offices
06/15
Antwerp, Belgium
2009 - 2016
The new Port House in Antwerp repurposes, renovates and extends a derelict fire station into a new headquarters for the port – bringing together the port’s 500 staff that previously worked in separate buildings around the city.
Photograph by Luke Hayes
Education
07/15
London, United Kingdom
2014 - 2016
Mathematics: The Winton Gallery brings together remarkable stories, historical artefacts and design to highlight the central role of mathematical practice in all our lives, and explores how mathematicians, their tools and ideas have helped build the modern world over the past four centuries.
Photograph by Julian Faulhaber
Education
08/15
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2009 - 2017
KAPSARC is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social well-being across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions to use energy more efficiently.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Residential
09/15
New York, United States of America
2013 - 2018
There is a powerful urban dynamic between the streets of New York and the High Line, a layered civic realm that has developed over generations and in many iterations. 520 West 28th conveys this contextual relationship, applying new ideas and concepts to create the latest evolution of the site’s rich history.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Generali Tower
Offices
10/15
Milan, Italy
2004 - 2018
Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Hospitality
11/15
Macau, China
2013 - 2018
The world’s first free-form high-rise exoskeleton optimises the interiors by creating spaces that are uninterrupted by supporting walls or columns. Three horizontal vortices generate the voids through the building and define the hotel’s dramatic internal public spaces.
Sports
12/15
Al Wakrah, Qatar
2014 - 2019
Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Photograph by Piet Niemann
Civic
13/15
Hamburg, Germany
2006 - 2019
Located at Niederhafen on the Elbe River between St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and Baumwall in Hamburg, the upgraded 625m river promenade is integral to the modernisation and reinforcement of the city’s flood protection system.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
14/15
Beijing, China
2014 - 2019
Beijing Daxing International Airport is a new airport in the Daxing district 46km south of the city centre (20 minutes by express train).
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
15/15
Beijing, China
2015 - 2019
Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district; a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south.
Continuing to innovate at the forefront of our profession, ZHA has grown to become an employee-owned company. Led by those who built the practice with Zaha, we invest all of our profits back into our people and our company. Having completed almost 100 projects worldwide, we are currently developing 58 projects in 23 countries across six continents. Together, we are building the future.
Projects
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
01/10
Miami Beach, United States of America
2012 - 2020
One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami's primary public spaces and includes the city's new art and science museums.
Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Mixed Use
02/10
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012 - 2020
Home to the new ME Dubai hotel, the Opus is located in the Burj Khalifa district adjacent to Downtown Dubai and Business Bay on the Dubai Water Canal. Exploring the balance between solid and void, opaque and transparent, interior and exterior, the design was presented by ZHA in 2007. It is the only hotel in which the firm designed both the architecture and the interiors to such an intricate degree, including bathrooms and furniture within the scope.
Photograph by Xue Liang 薛亮
Offices
03/10
Guangzhou, China
2016 - 2021
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.
Photograph by ©K.Arkatites
Civic
04/10
Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 - 2021
Establishing Eleftheria Square as the city’s primary gathering space, ZHA design creates new connections intended to unite a divided capital. Nicosia’s massive Venetian fortifications separate the old city from its modern districts, while the city’s ‘Green Line’ divides the capital into two disparate communities.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
05/10
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2014 - 2022
Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new BEEAH Headquarters has been designed to achieve net-zero and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.
Courtesy of CAT-OPTOGRAM 猫瞳
Culture
06/10
Zhuhai, China
2017 - 2023
Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city, each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south.
Photo by Boys Play Nice
HERO Masarycka_4000px
Offices
07/10
Prague, Czech Republic
2016 - 2023
The Masaryčka building in Prague is defined by circulation routes which will provide access to new civic spaces for the city.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
08/10
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2012 - 2024
KAFD Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new network for the Blue Line (Line 1) with the terminus of the Yellow Line to the airport (Line 4) and the Purple Line (Line 6) as well as a skybridge connecting to the local KAFD monorail.
Photograph by Chris Dalton, Courtesy of Romeo Collection
Bistro
Hospitality
09/10
Rome, Italy
2015 - 2025
From the beginning of her career, architect Zaha Hadid sited her buildings in the air, floating buildings on shadow, light, and seams of space that lifted volumes above the ground, relating her work to another tradition—Rome’s. In designing the hotel conversion of the Palazzo Capponi, Hadid and her team at ZHA started where Baroque architects ended their palimpsest - at the vaulted ceilings.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Culture
10/10
Shenzhen, China
2019 - 2025
Showcasing the scientific endeavour, ground-breaking research and future possibilities of technology, this new institution will explore the power of science and the technological advancements defining our future.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
01/10
Miami Beach, United States of America
2012 - 2020
One Thousand Museum is a 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami. With views across Biscayne Bay, this popular 30-acre park was redeveloped in 2013 as one of downtown Miami's primary public spaces and includes the city's new art and science museums.
Photograph by Laurian Ghinitoiu
Mixed Use
02/10
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2012 - 2020
Home to the new ME Dubai hotel, the Opus is located in the Burj Khalifa district adjacent to Downtown Dubai and Business Bay on the Dubai Water Canal. Exploring the balance between solid and void, opaque and transparent, interior and exterior, the design was presented by ZHA in 2007. It is the only hotel in which the firm designed both the architecture and the interiors to such an intricate degree, including bathrooms and furniture within the scope.
Photograph by Xue Liang 薛亮
Offices
03/10
Guangzhou, China
2016 - 2021
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.
Photograph by ©K.Arkatites
Civic
04/10
Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 - 2021
Establishing Eleftheria Square as the city’s primary gathering space, ZHA design creates new connections intended to unite a divided capital. Nicosia’s massive Venetian fortifications separate the old city from its modern districts, while the city’s ‘Green Line’ divides the capital into two disparate communities.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Offices
05/10
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2014 - 2022
Powered by its solar array and equipped with next-generation technologies for operations at LEED Platinum standards, the new BEEAH Headquarters has been designed to achieve net-zero and will be the group’s management and administrative centre that sets a new benchmark for future workplaces.
Courtesy of CAT-OPTOGRAM 猫瞳
Culture
06/10
Zhuhai, China
2017 - 2023
Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city, each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south.
Photo by Boys Play Nice
HERO Masarycka_4000px
Offices
07/10
Prague, Czech Republic
2016 - 2023
The Masaryčka building in Prague is defined by circulation routes which will provide access to new civic spaces for the city.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Transport + Infrastructure
08/10
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2012 - 2024
KAFD Metro Station will serve as a key interchange on the new network for the Blue Line (Line 1) with the terminus of the Yellow Line to the airport (Line 4) and the Purple Line (Line 6) as well as a skybridge connecting to the local KAFD monorail.
Photograph by Chris Dalton, Courtesy of Romeo Collection
Bistro
Hospitality
09/10
Rome, Italy
2015 - 2025
From the beginning of her career, architect Zaha Hadid sited her buildings in the air, floating buildings on shadow, light, and seams of space that lifted volumes above the ground, relating her work to another tradition—Rome’s. In designing the hotel conversion of the Palazzo Capponi, Hadid and her team at ZHA started where Baroque architects ended their palimpsest - at the vaulted ceilings.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Culture
10/10
Shenzhen, China
2019 - 2025
Showcasing the scientific endeavour, ground-breaking research and future possibilities of technology, this new institution will explore the power of science and the technological advancements defining our future.
Photograph by Hélène Binet
The late Zaha Hadid transformed notions of form and space, expanding the realm of possibilities for architecture. Her work gave a whole new generation permission to experiment.