Frank Gehry’s buildings are so popular that some people say they create a “Gehry effect.” This term is used for a building that attracts visitors because of the architect who designed it.
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STEVE EMBER: You might not think that a parking area near a tram station would be the project of one of the most famous names in modern architecture. But the car park and terminus in Strasbourg, France are a good example of the skill and creativity of Zaha Hadid. This parking area for seven hundred cars is a play of energetic lines. Nearby, the futuristic tram station is made up of sharp angles and geometric shapes.
VOICE TWO: Zaha Hadid has designed other striking buildings like the Guangzhou Opera House in China. Its rooms look like the inside of a beautiful alien spaceship.
Zaha Hadid is known for designing and completing structures that seem almost impossible on paper. She says that architecture is clearly about shelter, but it must also bring pleasure.
STEVE EMBER: Born in Iraq, Zaha Hadid completed her architectural studies in Britain, where she now lives. In two thousand four, she became the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for architecture. Thomas Pritzker presented the award. He said that her work organizes land, space, structure, and person so that each is inseparable from the other, and each calls to the other.
Zaha Hadid and her architects have a number of current projects. They include the Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University.
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