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Unity Temple - Frank Lloyd Wright - 1908

Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas. Picture from the 1970s highlights Zaha Hadid’s early career at OMA, the firm founded by Rem Koolhaas, Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis, and Madelon Vriesendorp in 1975. Zoe and Elia Zenghelis, as educators at the Architectural Association in London, played a formative role in shaping the early architectural philosophies of both Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid. Koolhaas, initially a journalist, was drawn into architecture through their influence and later co-founded OMA with Zoe. Zaha Hadid, as their student, was mentored by the Zenghelises, an experience that profoundly impacted her innovative design approach and set the stage for her groundbreaking career in architecture.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/18/world/asia/singapore-heat.html

How to Cool Down a City Singapore is rethinking its sweltering urban areas to dampen the effects of climate change. Can it be a model?

Zaha Hadid Architects developing "most" projects using AI images says Patrik Schumacher Zaha Hadid Architects is using AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney to come up with design ideas for projects, studio principal Patrik Schumacher has revealed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/realestate/housing-developments-city-architecture.html?smid=url-share

America, the Bland Across the country, new developments are starting to look the same, raising fears that cities are losing their unique charm. But in the current housing crisis, does that matter?

"we dont need a house this big..."

Building a House Is Stressful, Even if You’re Sanjay Gupta The CNN correspondent was traveling for work during construction of his family’s house, leaving the decision-making to his wife. (Yes, they’re still married.)

8 Ways Architects Can Make Cities Feel More Like Home Architects are creating urban furniture that transforms circulation spaces from areas that people walk through into places that people walk to.

What You Need to Know about Passivhaus Architecture About thirty years ago, German researcher Dr Feist developed a prototype that would later be known as the Passivhaus or "Passive House". Passivhaus architecture is an architectural style that meets the standard for energy efficiency while minimizing the building's ecological footprint.

Le Corbusier's Architectural Philosophy, Animated This beautiful animation takes us through the basics of Le Corbusier's design philosophy, including a few of his projects.