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Fosters and ZHA should return to Architects Declare and debate the uncomfortable questions
The defection of Foster + Partners and ZHA from Architects Declare risks undermining AD’s global momentum and many positive initiatives, says Hattie Hartman
Zaha Hadid Architects
News stories about and completed buildings by Zaha Hadid Architects, headed by Patrik Schumacher
PM’s new carbon target leaves Fosters and ZHA out on a limb, critics say
Boris Johnson’s announcement that the UK will seek to cut emissions by 68 per cent by 2030 has left Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects looking ‘more neoliberal than the PM’, critics say
Zaha Hadid Architects quits Architects Declare and blasts its leadership
Zaha Hadid Architects has withdrawn from Architects Declare and accused its leaders of sabotaging the movement by deciding on a ‘precise and absolute’ interpretation of its aims
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Shenzhen tech museum starts on site
Construction has started on the new Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
‘ZHA should live up to its climate promises or withdraw them’
When Architects Declare (AD) signatories make statements that contradict the fundamentals of the declaration, we have no option but to call them out, says the AD steering group
Architects Declare sends ultimatum to Zaha Hadid Architects
Architects Declare leaders have warned Zaha Hadid Architects to commit to its 11 principles ‘or withdraw’ as a founding signatory of the declaration after condemning recent comments by practice principal Patrik Schumacher
Schumacher loses court case in Zaha Hadid estate battle
Zaha Hadid’s business partner Patrik Schumacher has lost a legal bid to allow him to have the final say over the practice’s future decisions
Patrik Schumacher warns against too ‘radical’ solutions to climate change
Zaha Hadid Architects' principal Patrik Schumacher has warned that some approaches to fighting climate change would lead to ‘massive regressions and political upheavals’
Bid for your very own artwork by a big-name architect or artist
An online charity auction featuring works by Cecil Balmond, David Adjaye, Zaha Hadid Architects, Banksy and Grayson Perry has been extended until20 November
ZHA reveals designs for Hong Kong office block on world’s most expensive site
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has revealed its plans for a 190m-tall office tower on the world’s most expensive plot of land – a public car park in Hong Kong snapped up for a record-smashing £2.2 billion