Zaha Hadid Architects

Why Can’t Dallas Have Nice Things: Zaha Hadid

By Jon Anderson / April 20, 2018 /

The Pritzker Architecture Prize, begun in 1979 by Hyatt Hotel heir Jay Pritzker, honored Zaha Hadid in 2004, becoming the first woman and Muslim to be recognized.  It was hardly Hadid’s first or last award for her work. Her designs are radically angled, “There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?” That style earned…

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Twentieth Anniversary for Architecture Group Begins with Aga Khan Award Lecture

By Leah Shafer / October 19, 2016 /

The Dallas Architecture Forum will launch its twentieth-anniversary season next week with a lecture about the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture is given every three years to projects that set new standards of excellence in architecture, planning practices, historic preservation, and landscape architecture. Through its efforts, the award seeks…

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