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

©Luke Hayes
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
News
ZHF and Serpentine announce a new collaboration of talks and programming in 2026
The Zaha Hadid Foundation  and Serpentine are delighted to announce a new collaboration to commemorate…
More details
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…
More details
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…
More details
ZHF participates in London Festival of Architecture 2025
Thank you to everyone who visited us as part of the 2025 London Festival of…
More details
ZHF hosts 2025 Drawing Matter Architecture Summer School
The Zaha Hadid Foundation will support Drawing Matter’s prestigious Architecture Summer School again this year….
More details
New director announced for the Zaha Hadid Foundation
The Zaha Hadid Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of the American architecture and…
More details
ZHF launches work experience scheme with Speaker for Schools  
The Zaha Hadid Foundation has launched a work experience scheme with Speaker for Schools, the…
More details
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…
More details
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…
More details
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…
More details
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…
More details
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,…
More details
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…
More details
Blog
Deusche Schule Barcelona visits ZHF
Earlier this year we welcomed 36 talented students and their teachers from the Deusche Schule…
More details
ZHF hosts 2025 Drawing Matter Summer School
ZHF supported Drawing Matter’s prestigious Architecture Summer School again this year and, for the first…
More details
A Life in Postcards
There are perhaps a thousand or so picture postcards in the Foundation’s collection, many of…
More details
Collections highlights
59 Eaton Place
1981-1982
IBA Housing
1986-1993
Moonsoon Restaurant
1989-1990
Zollhof 3 Media Park
1989-1993
Cardiff Bay Opera House
1994-1995
Port House
2009-2016
Habitable Bridge over the River Thames
1996
The Peak
1982-1983
See more collections highlights
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…
More details
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…
More details
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,…
More details
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…
More details
See all exhibitions