Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect, born on 31 October 1950, in Baghdad, Iraq to an upper-class Iraqi family. Hadid studied mathematics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon before moving to London in 1972 to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Hadid has about 950 projects in 44 different countries according to Zaha Hadid Architects website. Hadid also worked with the interior architecture, product, and fashion design. In this article I will tell some facts about the design concept, the structure, and the function for the most 3 impressive architectures Zaha Hadid has made which are Guangzhou Opera House located in China, Heydar Aliyev Center located in Azerbaijan …show more content…
The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center was inaugurated in 2013 after construction work lasted about seven years and Zaha Hadid received the best design award. The total area of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Baku is about 100,000 square meters and has a huge parking space of four floors In addition to the supervision of natural areas characteristic, on one of its outer walls an artificial waterfall to give a kind of tranquility of visitors, and there is a pool of pools and a conference center and a large library, all overlap within the space of the internal open-scale and object to the path of something. The Heydar Aliyev cultural center in Baku is considered to be the cultural and creative spirit of the city. Zaha Hadid did not forget to highlight the curves of the sea that are similar to the high waves of the sea, which come in a sequential way to give an amazing flow from the arena outside the building to the roof of the building that meets with its land. At a specific point. The design of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center was designed to make this monument an important landmark in Azerbaijan, not just a one-stop building, and to give Baku a view of modern civilization, giving the visitor to Azerbaijan the impression that the time of war and underdevelopment in the city is over and art in it. The Heydar Aliyev Center is a 57,500 sqm building located in Baku, Azerbaijan and famous for its distinctive architecture and smooth, …show more content…
Sheikh Zayed Bridge is an arch bridge in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Crosses Khor Al Maqta, carries 4 lanes each way and named after the country's principal architect and former president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the 842m long bridge is said to be the most intricate bridge ever constructed. Its curved design arches evoke undulating sand dunes of the desert. The main function for the bridge is the third traffic route connecting the mainland to the island of Abu Dhabi and the new main gateway over the Maqtah channel. The main bridge arch structure rises to a height of 60 m above water level with the road crowning to a height of 20 metres above mean water level. The bridge is also designed to absorb double the average traffic load. The 666 concrete pillars were constructed using 480 tons of concrete, 5,000 tons of pre-stressed steel structure and 2,000 tons of foundation