The Shenzhen Institute of Financial Technology Tower designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will accommodate the institute’s ongoing expansion to serve China’s fintech industry which is anticipated to grow at almost 20% each year throughout the coming decade.
Project name
Shenzhen Institute of Financial Technology
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
raklis Kourounis, Biagio Amodio, Maria Vergopoulou, Sharan Sundar, Beatrice Cordella, Nessma Al Ghoussein, Cristina Barrios Cabrera, Samantha Pavic
Collaborators
CSWADI (SD – PD Stage) / CABR (CD Stage)
Structural engineer
CSWADI (SD – PD Stage) / CABR (CD Stage)
Environmental & MEP
CSWADI (SD – PD Stage) / CABR (CD Stage)
Construction
China Construction Second Engineering Bureau
Status
Under Construction
Typology
Commercial › Office Building
The world’s longest driverless transit system, the Riyadh Metro network spans over 176 kilometres across 6 lines and 85 stations. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, the King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station serves as the key interchange on the network.
Project name
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Principal architect
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Marco Amoroso, Vincenzo Caputo, Abdel Halim Chehab, Lee Cubeddu, Rawan Al-Derjem, Domenico Di Francesco, David Fogliano, Manuele Gaioni, Marko Gligorov, Subharthi Guha, Alexandros Kallegias, Lisa Kinnerud, Alexandre Kuroda, Stefano Iacopini, Carolina López-Blanco, Jamie Mann, Mohammadali Mirzaei, Arian Hakimi Nejad, David Wolthers, Nicola McConnell, Mario Mattia, Massimo Napoleoni, Niki Okala, Carlos Parraga- Botero, Sohith Perera, Izis Salvador Pinto, Carine Posner, Neil Rigden, Paola Salcedo, Nima Shoja, Thomas Sonder, Vincenzo Reale, Kate Revyakina, Roberto Vangeli, Seungho Yeo
Civil engineer
BuroHappold
Structural engineer
BuroHappold
Environmental & MEP
Zamil
Construction
BACS Consortium
Typology
Transportation › Metro Station
Qatar's JMJ Group Holding in collaboration with Qetaifan Projects has unveiled The Grove, a new seafront neighbourhood and marina by Zaha Hadid Architects incorporating the highest standards of design and sustainability.
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Qetaifan Island North, Qatar
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Alessandra Laiso, Alexandra Fisher, Angelica Videla Cardenas, Ceren Tekin, Gabriele De Giovanni, Gizem Dogan, Gizem Muhtaroglu, Hamze Machmouchi, Jillian Nishi, Jinhee Koh, Juan Pablo Londono, Karina Linnsen, Keyur Mistry, Marco Amoroso, Michael On, Michael Rogers, Paulo Flores, Ryan Szanyi, Sharan Sundar, Sven Torres, Xuanzhi Huang, Yiying Wu, Abdel Chehab, Effie Nakajima
Collaborators
FD Consult, Design Lab, Fhecor, Werner Sobek, Cracknell, SEAM, Turner & Townsend Qatar
Typology
Residential › Apartments
The Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre in New Tashkent will incorporate the Navoi State Museum of Literature together with a 400-seat auditorium for performances, events and conferences. The design also comprises the International Research Centre and a residential school for 200 students specialising in Uzbek language, literatur...
Project name
Alisher Navoi International Scientific Research Centre
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
New Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Patrik Schumacher
Collaborators
Buro Happold,
Typology
Scientific Research Centre
Re:Imagine London is a creative experience played in Fortnite, one of the world's most popular video games. Using Epic Games' Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Re:Imagine London has been jointly developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and Epic Games to research the use of UEFN for practical applications in architecture and to pool creator talent across...
Written by
Zaha Hadid Architects
Johor Corporation's (JCorp) wholly owned investee company, JLand Group Sdn Bhd (JLG), have announced a pioneering collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) todevelop the mixed-use 582-acre Discovery City precinct within Ibrahim Technopolis(IBTEC), the 7,290-acre township in Johor, Malaysia.
Project name
Discovery City
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Location
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Principal architect
Gianluca Racana
Design team
Aditya Ambare, Alex Nap, Andrei-Ciprian Cojocaru, Bahaa Alnassrallah, Ceren Tekin, Disha Shetty, Jillian Nishi, Maria Lagging, Ryan Anthony Szanyi, Shi Qi Tu, Shibani Choudhury
Collaborators
GRANT Associates, Ramboll, Maurizio Meossi, HIJJAS KASTURI ASSOCIATES SDN BHD, APUDG Sdn Bhd, WAA Design Sdn Bhd
Visualization
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Client
Johor Corporation (JCorp)
Typology
Residential Architecture
Ethiopian Airlines Group to build Africa’s largest airport to meet theairlines' growth forecasts. Design consultancy contract for new airport awarded to the consortium ledby DAR and Zaha Hadid Architects.
Written by
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Photography
Ethiopian Airlines current base at Bole International Airport offers no possibilities for significant expansion (Alamy)
The ‘High-performing Urban Ecologies' installation by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) responds to the ‘Resilient Communities’ theme of this year’s Italian Pavilion curated by Alessandro Melis for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.
Project name
High-performing Urban Ecologies
Architecture firm
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Photography
Alessandra Chemollo
Principal architect
Patrik Schumacher
Design team
Stefano Paiocchi, Valentina Cerrone, Mariana Custodio De Santos, Nicolas Tornero, Angelica Videla
Collaborators
Michele Pasca di Magliano, Pierandrea Angius, Maria Tsironi
