Her loss still saddens me, and this vid . . .

Her loss still saddens me. 

I think it always will. 

This video tribute made for an architecture event  at   the    Met 

brings it all back. The loss of a someone 

who contributes so much to the world. 

Source

Who could turn such a swish and swervy car park down?

Answer to the question here.

Guess who!

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its first completed building since the 

death of its founder, a new maritime terminal for ferries and cruise liners in Salerno, Italy

Zaha Hadid Architects to carry on

The London-based firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, will now carry on work to complete the 36 projects that were under development in 21 countries at the time of her death.  

Info and pic from here, where you will see an elegant and touching portrait of her.

Zaha Hadid

A most wonderful BBC interview: Zaha Hadid interviewed by Razia Iqbal. 

Pity it's audio only as both these woman have the most joyous laughter, 

peeling through their serious Qs and As. A sound to be seen.

The interview is dated 1.4.16, the day after she died of a heart attack in a Florida hospital.

However Razia's page leads me to think that this was recorded in 2013.

In addition to feeling devastated at the loss of this extraordinary person,

I am equally shocked that someone can die of a heart attack in an American hospital in 2016.

In the 46th minute of the interview, they start talking about the future.

If you ever wondered what we've lost, listen to her speak of the

challenges she was looking forward to. They were grand. We lost.

The Cliff House by Modscape

For more, see here.

My opinion is that this is very good

Click here for more on this house in Marbella. 

Yep, that's someone swimmin' by.

How beautiful - she's done it again

Will this woman ever give up?

I've referred to her work before in this blog. 

Quite simply extraordinary. 

See a dozen more views of this cultural center in Baku.

Zaha Hadid

's the name, in case you're wondering.

Other fascinating contenders in the  World Architeture Awards can be seen on this BBC web page.

I like this building

Last week I signed a contract for a flat in this building and hope to be resident within the month. Ain't that a gas!

The first home improvement will be a pianoforte - so much am I looking forward to it that my fingers have been tingling for a week already. I did get to thrash and bash some of my faves from the olden days at Bernadette's last week – my arms remembered the choreography for each piece, flailing the length of the keyboard, but alas, my fingers didn't. There were more wrong notes than right, me fears. A little practice may be in order.

And since I've withdrawn from all my summer work, I'm going to have my first Brno summer this millennium and in my new flat which means I'll be blocks and blocks from current neighbours, so maybe it'll even be legal to laugh after 10 pm. Such freedom is the main reason for going to this huge expense in time and money.

Not a size queen, but ...

So what's two metres between friends, huh? Cesky rozhlas has informed us that Brno now has the tallest building in CR, 2 metres taller than ... well, the article doesn't say. Anyway, it's quite attractive really, a touch of the Hundertwassers about it, for what it's worth.

Excuse me - this really exists: northern Spain