Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid is an architect known for remarkable buildings like this one:
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| Heydar Aliyev Centre (photo by Iwan Baan), zaha-hadid.com |
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You can see more views of this gorgeous construct at Zaha Hadid's site under Heydar Aliyev Centre.
What I wondered is how such a structure is built. Luckily Buildipedia has an extensive article on the Aliyev Centre's construction. Here's a photo of the central structure without the "Glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) and glass fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) panel (Buildipedia)" façade.
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| Heydar Aliyev Centre, Buildipedia |
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To get an idea of what the Centre feels like inside, take a look at this photo of one of three auditoriums.
In July 2012, Architects' Journal reported a fire that damaged the roof. Apparently some controversy surrounded the design project. The building had opened in the preceding May.
E-architect reported in 2014:
Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan has won the Design Museum Design of the Year Award 2014. Hadid is the first ever woman to win the top prize in the competition, now in its seventh year.
-- Marge
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