Comments on: Hadid Proposal: REJECTED

By: Jeremy R. Barnes

Jeremy R. Barnes — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:54:45 +0000

The stuffy Oxford atmosphere must never be challenged by anything as otherworldly as this.

By God, the Fountainhead was simply a manual on how to attain popularity ;)

By: Jimmy Stamp

Jimmy Stamp — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:49:15 +0000

Such animosity towards Zaha.. Surely, she has to have some supporters out there. Hello? Anyone? Oh well. RalphNg – for a minute, I thought you were coming to her defense. It’s good to know she lives up to her reputation, I suppose. (I wonder how many architects have been ruined by The Fountainhead?)

Recently, I was lucky enough to speak with Daniel Libeskind and he really surprised me. He was incredibly kind and clearly passionate about architecture. I dare say inspiring. After our meeting, I left convinced that although his buildings aren’t always..um..good…his intentions truly are and he puts a lot of though into each design.

By: RalphNg

RalphNg — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:38:52 +0000

If you met her and spoke with her at any length, you would probably come away from the encounter as I did, muttering to yourself, “Wow, what an arrogant, self-obsessed, egomaniac! Must have read “The Fountainhead” too many times and taken that trash literally.”

That, or looking this and other of her designs, watched too much Jetsons as a child.

When she was our visiting prof. we called her, “Zahahahahah . . .” behind her (considerable) back.”

By: rodger

rodger — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:40:56 +0000

from what i have seen of her recent work, this is a typical zaha hadid solution to a program.
this woman is a menace to the discipline of architecture. too much formal hubris with too little content that makes a difference.
i think the time has come for her to be vilified, discredited and thrown out with the trash.

By: kevic

kevic — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:57:45 +0000

That design is so corny.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:52:26 +0000

I love how that silly fireplace can’t get in the way of her ‘gesture’

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:22:44 +0000

She “placed the library’s archive behind a south-facing glass wall.” I’m quite disturbed when basic organizational logics are replaced with formalism. Surely that’s a step-backward for the discipline, no?

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:15:49 +0000

Really?

By: JC

JC — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:11:01 +0000

what a jerk!

By: John

John — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:43:40 +0000

She’s something special, isn’t she?