The Zaha Hadid Foundation is dedicated to the legacy of Zaha Hadid and her commitment to perpetual experimentation across architecture and related disciplines.

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Talks and Events
“The New Design Museum” London book launch
Thursday 13 November 2025, 18:30 – 20:30
Join us on 13 November for the London launch of Beatrice Leanza’s new publication “The New Design Museum: Co-creating the Present,…
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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
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…
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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
Deusche Schule Barcelona visits ZHF
Earlier this year we welcomed 36 talented students and their teachers from the Deusche Schule…
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ZHF hosts 2025 Drawing Matter Summer School
ZHF supported Drawing Matter’s prestigious Architecture Summer School again this year and, for the first…
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A Life in Postcards
There are perhaps a thousand or so picture postcards in the Foundation’s collection, many of…
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Collections highlights
Malevich’s Tektonik
1976-1977
The World (89 Degrees)
1983
Museum of Islamic Art
1997
La Grande Mosquée de Strasbourg
2000
Museum of the Nineteenth Century
1978
Boiler House Extension, V&A Museum
1996
BMW Central Building
2001-2005
Guangzhou Opera House
2002-2010
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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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