Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation designed by brooks + scarpa architects the 
structure has been conceived to reject the nefarious response one has to typical industrial 
buildings. they american firm has approached the architecture in a way that sees it preserving 
the integrity of the high bay industrial facility and program, while also considering the occupants’
 needs by providing a model environment for users and visitors.
The building is rapped in a perforated and etched metal skin situated on a 100,000 square foot
 site within the new
 research and technology innovation park (PIIT) in monterrey.
Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

 

detail of the saw-toothed roofs geometries

  Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

  Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

view of the upper story offices that are protected by the punctured layer of metal

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

large operable door off the entry opens up to the garden

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

view of the main entrance and cantilevered upper floor  offices

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

the ‘metalsa center for manufacturing innovation’ is situated within the PIIT campus in 

monterrey, mexico

Brooks + Scarpa: Metalsa Center for Manufacturing Innovation

general view of the building

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Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai
With much of the construction on ‘the opus’ well underway, the developer omniyat has 

revealed a modified version of  property which will see zaha hadid engage further with the

 project. she will design the ‘ME by meliá’ hotel (the first in the middle east), and service 

apartments to be housed within the complex. 

The luxury accommodations will include several penthouse suites with private roof terraces,

 and it will be the architect’s first hotel undertaking in which she will be responsible for all

 aspects, both interior and exterior, of the scheme.

Situated near the burj khalifa, the hotel is projected to open for business at ‘the opus’ in 2016.

‘the opus’ stands as a monolithic cube with a free form cavern eroding from its outer edges

image © zaha hadid architects

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

  

Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

zaha hadid: the opus office tower will stand as a landmark along the dubai skyline
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

general view of the mixed-use property
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

street view
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

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 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

by night
image © zaha hadid architects

 Zaha Hadid: The Opus Building ME by Melia Hotel, Dubai

interior rendering with views of the free-form void
image © zaha hadid architects

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Zaha Hadid Unveils Prototype Liquid Glacial Table

Zaha Hadid Unveils Prototype Liquid Glacial Table
Zaha hadid has unveiled the latest evolution of her ‘liquid glacial tables’ on the occasion of her exhibition at london’s david gill galleries (which runs until November 16th, 2013). the furniture piece entitled ‘prototype liquid glacial table’ has a flat top that appears as if it is a surface of subtle ripples and waves, which funnels downwards into four vortexes to create the table legs.
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Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

 zaha hadid’s new ‘library and learning center’ at the vienna university of economics and
 business have been submitted to us by austrian material specialist rieder smart elements, 
whose façade panels feature on the 28,000-square-metre building. the centre is one of
 seven buildings that make up the new campus and is set to accommodate 24,000 students
 and 1800 staff. 

In contrast, the rest of the building is finished in white fibreC panels that hold the non-public
 areas, including classrooms, an auditorium, work spaces and offices. the curved concrete
 panels help to accentuate the smooth form.a large black volume cantilevers across a public
 square over the center’s main entrance

image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

side view of the cantilevered structure that houses the main library
image © rieder smart elements 

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

the curving façade was designed uniquely for the new university building in vienna
image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

view looking towards the surrounding landscape
image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

view of the smooth curving façade
image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

white fibreC panels accommodate the non-public areas, including classrooms,

 an auditorium, work spaces and offices
image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

detail view of the exterior façade
image © rieder smart elements

 Zaha Hadid: Library and Learning Center in Vienna Opens

detail of the fibreC panels
image © rieder smart elements

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Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss

Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
In collaboration with Hamburg-based shipbuilders Blohm+Voss, world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid has revealed a design project to create six different superyachts. The London-based architect conceptualized a 128-meter yacht that served as the inspiration for five smaller (90m) luxury boats known as Unique Circle Yachts.

 

Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
Zaha Hadid Designs 128m Superyacht for Blohm + Voss
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Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid

Architect

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE is an Iraqi-British architect. She received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004—the first woman to do so—and the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. Wikipedia

Born: October 31, 1950 (age 62), Baghdad, Iraq

Parents: Mohammed Hadid

Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Stirling Prize,Structural Steel Design Awards

Education: American University of Beirut, Architectural Association School of Architecture

Siblings: Haithem Hadid, Fulath Hadid

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