Taschen 2009. Hardcover indust jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Oversized folio. 600 pages filled with color and black and white photographic images and illustrations throughout, many are full page. The iconic work of a singular architect Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Today, Hadid is firmly established among the lite of world architecture, her audacious and futuristic designs having catapulted her to international fame. Born in Baghdad and educated in London, where her practice is based, Hadid has designed radical architecture for over 30 years and is now the subject of this massive TASCHEN monograph. Covering her complete works to date, and all of her recent work from Dubai to Guangzhou, this XL tome demonstrates the progression of Hadid's career, including not only buildings but also furniture and interior designs?with in-depth texts, spectacular photos, and her own drawings. Also included is a special section with translucent vellum paper allowing multiple layers of designs to be viewed at once or separately. SIGNED by Zada Hadid on the title page with the event ticket where the book was signed laid in. BOOK CONDITON: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a fine dust jacket. INCREDIBLY RARE SIGNED COPY.

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