The Evelyn Grace Academy, a cutting-edge new secondary school in Brixton, south London by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the prestigious £20,000 (US$31,000) RIBA Stirling Prize 2011 for the best new European building built or designed in the United Kingdom.

The World Architectiure Festival had big industry names congregate to Barcelona for a plethora of events last week. Part of the annual festival program is the announcement of the WAF Award Winners. The grand title of World Building of the Year went to the Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI…

MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts| in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the UK's premier architectural award took place at a special awards…

Sixteen architectural bureaus, including Zaha Hadid, Mecanoo, O.M.A., and Diller Scofidio Renfro, submitted their designs for a new dance and music center on the Spuiplein in The Hague, The Netherlands. Their work can be seen in an exhibition in the Atrium of The Hague City Hall from April 20 to…

British Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture by the Japan Art Association. “It is indeed an honor to receive this recognition from the Japan Art Association.” said Hadid. “Working in Japan has been critical to the development of my work around the…

As part of the Burnham Plan Centennial celebrations, the Burnham Pavilion by Zaha Hadid Architects triggers the visitors’ curiosity and encourages them to consider the future of Chicago. The design merges new formal concepts with the memory of Burnham’s bold, historic urban…

If you’re in Manchester, England this Summer, don’t miss the opportunity to experience an absolutely spectacular cultural highlight: the solo works of Johann Sebastian Bach performed in an extraordinary new chamber music hall designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The chamber music hall has been installed within Manchester Art Gallery…

After presenting the design to Egyptian Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazif, Zaha Hadid Architects was announced as architects of the new Cairo Expo City. Zaha Hadid Architects will be designing Cairo Expo City together with global multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold.

Zaha Hadid Architects have shared with us a new project designed for the Rooya Group in Cairo, Egypt.  The Stone Towers will offer retail, office, luxury hotel and apartments. Click above image to enlarge The Stone Towers by

French architect, Dominique Perrault, has been selected to design the new city center of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. The jury was chaired by professor Helle Jul from Denmark, and the members were architects from Japan, France and the US. The city center will be built in the next…