The Zaha Hadid Foundation is dedicated to preserving, studying and exhibiting the work and artistic legacy of Zaha Hadid.

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Research and learning
ZHF supports the advancement of research into Zaha, her legacy and more generally through the practices of architecture and design.
Research projects
ZHF partners with educational and cultural partners on public programmes that aim to foster learning and enjoyment of Zaha’s life and work.
Learning projects
Talks and Events
Open House Festival 2025
Saturday 20 September 2025, 11:00
ZHF will be participating again in this year’s Open House Festival on Saturday 20 September…
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News
ZHF hosts animation workshop as part of RIBA’s Family Day
ZHF’s Learning Officer led an animation workshop at the RIBA’s HQ as part of its…
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ZHF and American University of Beirut announce the Zaha Hadid Scholars Program
The Zaha Hadid Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Zaha Hadid Scholars…
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ZHF participates in London Festival of Architecture 2025
Thank you to everyone who visited us as part of the 2025 London Festival of…
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ZHF hosts 2025 Drawing Matter Architecture Summer School
The Zaha Hadid Foundation will support Drawing Matter’s prestigious Architecture Summer School again this year….
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New director announced for the Zaha Hadid Foundation
The Zaha Hadid Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of the American architecture and…
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ZHF launches work experience scheme with Speaker for Schools  
The Zaha Hadid Foundation has launched a work experience scheme with Speaker for Schools, the…
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ZHF supports Drawing Matter’s 2024 Architecture Summer School
The Zaha Hadid Foundation has partnered again with Drawing Matter to support this year’s prestigious…
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ZHF partners with RIBA on its Family Fun Day
The Zaha Hadid Foundation partnered with the RIBA’s Learning team to host a fun, creative…
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In Search of the Spirit of Places: Curator Johan Deurell in conversation with Younès Ben Slimane 
Originally trained as an architect, Younès Ben Slimane uses the camera as a poetic tool…
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ZHF sponsors exhibition on Zaha Hadid’s legacy at the Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, USA
The Zaha Hadid Foundation sponsored a major exhibition on Zaha Hadid’s architectural legacy at the…
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ZHF expands Open City’s Accelerate Programme in London and Birmingham, UK
The Zaha Hadid Foundation is sponsoring Open City’s Accelerate 2023/4 programme in London and Birmingham,…
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ZHF sponsors 10 places at Drawing Matter’s Architectural Summer School 2023
The Zaha Hadid Foundation joined Drawing Matter’s existing partnerships with Kingston School of Art, University…
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Blog
A Tower of Postcards
Zaha Hadid Foundation is the custodian of Dame Zaha Hadid’s personal collection with a large…
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Introducing the ZHF inventory project
The Zaha Hadid Foundation (ZHF) is undertaking an extensive audit and inventory of its collections,…
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ZHF visits the Ark Evelyn Grace Academy 
On 2 April 2025, the Zaha Hadid Foundation visited the Ark Evelyn Grace Academy in…
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Collections highlights
Heydar Aliyev Centre
2007-2012
London 2066
1991
Tomigaya Building
1986
Museum of the Nineteenth Century
1978
Cardiff Bay Opera House
1994-1995
Habitable Bridge over the River Thames
1996
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
2007-2014
Malevich’s Tektonik
1976-1977
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Exhibitions
Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums
Thursday 19th September to Saturday 16th November 2024
The Zaha Hadid Foundation’s exhibition Zaha Hadid: Paper Museums showcases paper reliefs from its collection and their significance to Zaha…
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Younes Ben Slimane: Images de Tunisie
Thursday 11th April to Saturday 29th June 2024
The Zaha Hadid Foundation presents Younès Ben Slimane’s first solo exhibition in the UK, Images de Tunisie, which is open…
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Zaha’s Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan
Thursday 20th April to Saturday 22nd July 2023
Zaha’s Moonsoon: An Interior in Japan explored the design story of the Moonsoon bar and restaurant (1989-90) in Sapporo, Japan,…
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Zaha Hadid: Reimagining London
Wednesday 8th June to Saturday 2nd July 2022
The Zaha Hadid Foundation’s inaugural exhibition, Zaha Hadid: Reimagining London, was curated by the MA Curating the Art Museum students…
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