The views from Zaha
Hadid's new railway are magnificent - but her trains and stations alone
are worth the trip. Jonathan Glancey rides an unexpected marvel in the
Alps.From the centre of Innsbruck to the top of...
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1) Who are you?
Zaha Hadid. I was born in Baghdad in 1950. After studying
mathematics in Beirut I went to London to study architecture at the
Architectural Association. I now live in London but I don’t really have
a particular home. I think, you either re-invent yourself...
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Ten years ago, Bilbao celebrated the opening of the Guggenheim museum
that was to put the rundown industrial city in Spain's northern Basque
region on the map, and draw in a million visitors a year. It has...
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For people seriously
ill with cancer, a positive outlook is essential. Yet so much of their
time is spent in soul-destroying waiting rooms and strip-lit clinics.
How much better for a patient to 'feel hugged by a building'. Simon
Garfield reveals why Zaha Hadid's new Maggie's...
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A CONTROVERSIAL architect nominated for this year's Stirling Prize
has chosen to work in Scotland as her talents have not been recognised
elsewhere in Britain.
Zaha Hadid, a Baghdad-born architect who came to the UK in the early
1970s, remains largely unknown in her adopted...
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