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MUNICH, January 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Most important contemporary architect awarded prize for visionary and creative achievements On Monday, 21 January 2013, architect Zaha Hadid received the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership at the international DLD Conference in Munich. The Iraqi-born British architect and professor of architecture is regarded as the most important and influential figure of her profession...

Museum to foster engagement with global issues, ideas through international contemporary art New commissions, special projects also featured as Broad MSU welcomes community EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, a new Zaha Hadid-designed contemporary art museum, will open on Saturday, Nov. 10, following a 10 a.m. public dedication ceremony. The ceremony will include Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder,...

LONDON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- How London has spent GBP12 billion to stage a remarkable 'city wide' Olympics of both historic architecture and state of the art design When the London 2012 Olympics begin - with an Opening Ceremony by Oscar-winning Danny Boyle - on Friday 27th July, London will become the first and only city ever to host the modern Olympic Games three times, following previous Olympics in 1908 and 1948. In the following 17 days in which the...

LONDON, November 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - The project In&Out wins Roca's Jump the Gap competition and stars in an amazing Award Ceremony - Most successful participation in the 4th edition of the Competition: 3,004 applicants from 92 countries Big efforts bring great results. Ron Arad and Javier Mariscal invited the winner of the 4th Edition of the international competition, Jump the Gap, Michael Warykiewicz, to join them in the mad Gala Ceremony created by...

LONDON, October 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- THE WORLD RENOWNED DESIGNER GURU RON ARAD IS PLANNING AN EXCITING AWARD CEREMONY WITH A DIFFERENCE THIS, THE SECOND EVENT AT THE FABULOUS NEW ROCA LONDON GALLERY, DESIGNED BY ZAHA HADID, WILL BE THE PRESENTATION OF ROCA'S JUMP THE GAP AWARD 3,000 YOUNG DESIGNERS FROM 92 COUNTRIES WANTED TO WIN THIS COMPETITION - WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS PRESITIGIOUS ACCOLADE? NOTABLES FROM THE DESIGN WORLD, THE MEDIA AND VIP GUESTS...

BARCELONA, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Ron Arad, chairman of the judging panel, will award the prize to the winner in early November in London, at the new Roca London Gallery designed by Zaha Hadid - The 4th edition of the competition has set a participation record, receiving 3,004 entries from 92 countries The jury of the 4th Roca International Design Contest Jump the Gap [http://www.jumpthegap.net ]...

A progressive new collection of limited-edition designs was introduced at an invitation-only luncheon for global design leaders on 24 April at the Milan Furniture Fair. The exclusive new series - created by acclaimed architects Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher - includes a fireplace, table, desk, and tea service. MILAN, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York City-based international art and design company NY Projects, Inc., unveiled today the concept designs for a new collection of works by...

Dramatic designs of installations by renowned British and Dutch architects unveiled CHICAGO, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Alderman Brendan Reilly and the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee today unveiled designs for two temporary pavilions that will be installed this June in Millennium Park, symbolizing the forward-looking agenda of the 220 organizations commemorating this year's 100th anniversary of the Plan of Chicago. The architects' rendering of the two recyclable pavilions were released...

By PHIL MILLER ZAHA Hadid said yesterday that the NHS could learn a lesson from the designs of the innovative Maggie's Centres for cancer patients. Ms Hadid, who designed a Maggie's Centre in Kirkcaldy, said the sense of comfort, space and closeness to nature in the centres should be replicated in general hospitals. She was responding to a comment made by Charles Jencks, the architect and co-founder of the Maggie's Centres, who said some NHS buildings were so badly made that their staff...

By VIVIENNE NICOLL AT the moment it is just a massive building site like so many others along the banks of the Clyde. But within weeks, the public will see the fi rst steelwork of an iconic world-class building rising from the ground. The GBP74million Riverside Museum, which will replace the Transport Museum in the West End, will not open until the summer of 2011. But 100 people are on site completing the groundwork necessary before the stunning structure by architect Zaha Hadid can begin...