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Posts tagged 'Zaha Hadid'

New issue – Icon 156: Pomophobia

In our latest issue – out now – John Jervis argues that postmodernism has left London with a pretty turgid legacy, while Hugh Pearman looks

Opinion

‘Zaha Hadid’s remarkable imagination will stay with us forever’

Edwin Heathcote remembers the ‘eye-wateringly original’ work of the celebrated architect, who died on 31 March Zaha Hadid, who died on 31 March, was one

Opinion

What can architects do about workers’ rights in the Gulf?

Architects may not employ the migrant workers building their grand designs in the Gulf states, but their names lend credibility to those that do. With

Architecture

Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong

The architect has made clever use of an awkward site at a university to create the Jockey Club Innovation Tower, an undulating glass structure full

Architecture

Stand up for abused workers in the Gulf, NGO tells architects

Designers of mega-projects in Abu Dhabi should use their influence to push for better conditions for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch says to Icon as

Architecture

Icon 141: Camps

Our March issue, available from 1 February, asks what architects could do to alleviate the suffering of refugees in Syria and migrant workers in the Gulf states,

Opinion

Women Fashion Power at the Design Museum

Twenty-six women have contributed outfits to this Zaha Hadid-designed exhibition about the empowering effects of fashion. But the clothes seem somewhat meaningless without their wearer

Opinion

Tom Strala

The Swiss designer spoke to Icon during Belgrade Design Week about quality, compromise and the importance of failure Zurich-based designer Tom Strala’s diverse portfolio includes

Design

Zaha Hadid launches homeware collection

A £10k platter inspired by the London 2012 aquatics centre and a chess set that resembles a miniature cityscape are among the products that the

Design

The Wish List

For this year’s LDF, Terence Conran plays fairy godmother to some of the industry’s biggest names, inviting young designers to bring their fantasy objects to

Design

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Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland




Architects

Vipp brings Scandinavian hospitality to Upstate New York

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign

Snøhetta and Annabelle Schneider turn USM’s Modular System into pavilion

SANAA connects museum and library in new Taichung complex

How a Singapore apartment was rebuilt around a discontinued brick

Travel architecture gets a vivid rethink in Dream in Progress

Practice on Earth transforms Ningbo farmland with inflatable architecture

YOD Group designs contemporary Ukrainian mazanka guesthouses

Luca A. Caizzi explores Milan through metal surfaces in new book


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Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland

Horatio’s Garden and Ffern unveil a scent-led floral installation

This new lighting system celebrates exposed architectural details

Iittala brings iconic Aalto Vase into public architecture for 3daysofdesign



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Vea by Villeroy & Boch: precision, elegance and the architecture of detail

Normann Copenhagen reissues Niels Bendtsen’s Limit Lounge Chair

‘Why not think of success as making people feel good?’: Signe Byrdal Terenziani on creating a more purposeful 3daysofdesign

Tarkett presents Beginnings & Endings exhibition at 3daysofdesign

Yacht builder Sanlorenzo repositions its brand identity in a notable shift for the company

Yahvi Is Quietly Redefining Contemporary Textile Practice

On 10 June 2026, France will welcome a unique exhibition space: the Galerie Nationale du Design

Carl Hansen & Søn partners with colour consultancy Etté to reimagine its Clerkenwell showroom

Noelani Rutz discusses the subtle intricacies of her cultural design crossover between Japan and Switzerland