• Zaha at the AA
  

   

  When Zaha Hadid moved to London to begin her architectural education at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London in 1972, the school was already in the throes of transformation under the new directorship of Alvin Boyarsky, who had begun shifting its focus to a more international view. It was at this time that Hadid encountered some of her most influential teachers, including Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, who in 1975 with Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp, went on to form the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) at which Zaha would become a partner. Known for its unconventional curriculum, the AA embraced new ideas and innovation, giving Hadid ample opportunity to explore and develop her own architectural language and ideas. In 1977 she won the AA Diploma prize and would go on to teach her own studio there until 1987. I  (sf)

  Zaha in the Pink Room at the AA, c.1975/76. (Photo © Architectural Association Photo Library)

• COVER

  COVER

  Cover
• Table of contents

  Table of contents
• EDITORIAL

  EDITORIAL

  Editorial
• INTERVIEW

  INTERVIEW

  Hadid

  An interview with the architect Zaha Hadid by Sophie Lovell

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  Fluid Freedom

  Zaha Hadid’s Four Decades of Breaking the Box by Aaron Betsky

  Text: Aaron Betsky
• FOUND

  FOUND

  The Asymmetric Mirror

  The young Zaha

  Text: Rob Wilson
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  A Planet in its Own Orbit

  On being Zaha by Bernard Tschumi

  Text: Bernard Tschumi
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  Calculated Constructs

  Greg Lynn on the formulas generating success at ZHA

  Text: Greg Lynn
• PHOTO ESSAY

  PHOTO ESSAY

  Under Construction

  Photographer Hélène Binet's view of Zaha Hadid's architecture

  Text: Hélène Binet
• INTERVIEW

  INTERVIEW

  The Aura Comes Later

  An interview with Rolf Fehlbaum of Vitra

  Text: Rob Wilson
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Zaha at the AA

  Student years in London

  Text: Sara Faezypour
• ESSAY

  ESSAY

  A Fine Sculptural Mind

  The Aesthetics of Zaha Hadid by Jonathan Bell

  Text: Jonathan Bell
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  On a Road to Nowhere

  Moving through the MaXXI in Rome by Rob Wilson

  Text: Rob Wilson
• FOUND

  FOUND

  Pet Shop Girl

  The Nightlife World Tour set 1999-2000

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• FOCUS

  FOCUS

  Brendan Cormier’s

  Focus on Zaha Hadid Design

  Text: Brendan Cormier
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  Wonderfully Dishonest

  Impressions of the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku by Vladimir Belogolovsky

  Text: Vladimir Belogolovsky
• PHOTO BOOTH

  PHOTO BOOTH

  In the Photo Booth with...

  Patrik Schumacher

  Text: Sophie Lovell
• VIEWPOINT

  VIEWPOINT

  Mending Space

  Andreas Ruby admires the stitching skills of Zaha Hadid

  Text: Andreas Ruby
• FURTHER READING

  FURTHER READING

  Further Reading
• NEXT

  NEXT

  Next

  Death

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