In Memoriam | Zaha Hadid (1950-2016)

I have just learned of her passing. Zaha was definitely influential not only as designer of build architecture but also as thought-provoking architectural theory.
Her work was the first to get recognition for the integration of geometry and architecture, parametric design. Hadid was the first woman to be awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture in February 2016. In 2014 she was also the first woman recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She was also awarded the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011
I also admired her way to 'wear' her design concepts, as in the jewelry she designed. Below are snapshots from the 2006 opening at Max Protech gallery in New York.

Vernissages | NYC, Siah Armajani

Max Protetch Gallery hosts "Murder In Tehran", a powerful exhibition of new work by Siah Armajani. The installation by the Iranian born artist was created as an answer to the 2009 Iranian presidential elections. It combines architectural and sculpture elements with drawings and text.

A glass and wood structure with a suspended manequin evoke the brutal murder of Neda.

A poem by the Iranian poet Ahmad Shamlu is inscribed in the sides of the structure: "The man who comes in the noon of the night/ has come to kill the light."

Seven pencil drawings on mylar, inspired by Goya, complete the exhibition .

The exhibition will runs until December 23