Zaha Hadid’s new book

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Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, doesn’t do ‘nice buildings.’ ‘I don’t like them,’ she says. ‘I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.’

Baghdad-born Hadid, now based in London, has designed a radically new architecture of fragmented geometry and multiple perspective points. For a definitive look at her visionary architecture, interiors, sculpture, home accessories and jewelry, be on the lookout for ‘Zaha Hadid: Complete Works,’ (Rizzoli New York, 2009, with an introduction by Aaron Betsky, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum) to be released in September. In the meantime, here’s a peak at a few of Hadid’s projects that push the boundaries of contemporary architecture. www.zaha-hadid.com

Photo (above) by Edward Woodman from Zaha Hadid: Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum.

Photo by Christian Richters from Zaha Hadid: Vitra Fire Station

Photo by Margherita Spiluttini from Zaha Hadid: Spittelau Viaducts

Photo by Werner Huthmacher from Zaha Hadid: Phaeno Science Centre

Photo by Edward Woodman from Zaha Hadid: High-Speed Train Station Napoli-Afragola

-- Barbara Thornburg