Hadid It Trivia Quiz

Answer: Queen of the Curve

It was "The Guardian" newspaper in UK that first bestowed this term on her, and it soon took off, becoming the name by which she was known, due to her imaginative use of unconventional and circular forms which set her work apart from that of her peers.

Answer: Guangzhou Opera House, China

The Guangzhou Opera House in Guangdong province, China was designed by Hadid to resemble two pebbles on the bank of the Pearl River and is a breathtaking sight, both inside and outside. Hadid's design built on the relationship between architecture and nature, paying close attention to river valleys and the way in which they are transformed by erosion. Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times commented that Hadid's design gives an "experience of openness and possibility", while "stepping into the main hall is like entering the soft insides of an oyster".

Answer: Shoes

Melissa are a company specialising in 100% recyclable, vegan, jelly shoes; they began selling their product in 1979. The company have previously collaborated with fashion designers Judy Blame, Alexandre Herchcovitch and Vivienne Westwood, but this partnership with Hadid was their first with an architect.
Working on the premise that the best fashion designers are sculptors on some level, and Hadid's work is based around organic sculptures, the two joined forces to design a jelly shoe which retails for over £200 ($280) a pair, although you do also get a limited edition shoe box with your purchase.
Hadid has also collaborated with Adidas and Pharrell Williams to design the Adidas Superstar sneakers.

Answer: Aquatics Centre

The Aquatics Centre was described as a yacht crossed with a Dubai skyscraper and also a vast turtle waving over-sized flippers, but whatever your opinion of the outside, the inside gained nothing but glowing reports with the way in which Hadid had managed to convey a feeling of wholeness, with the structure feeling like a body rather than something constructed out of segments attracting particular praise.
The centre was originally forecast to cost £75 million ($104 million) when designs were first drawn up in 2004, and Hadid had to make some changes, while keeping the 17,500 spectator capacity, after the cost was presented to parliament.
The new plans were presented in 2006 and construction started in 2008. On completion in July 2011, the centre was called a "masterpiece" by the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, but inflation and tax rises meant that the final cost was nowhere near the estimated £75 million ($104 million), instead being closer to £269 million ($376 million).

Answer: The Stirling Prize

The Stirling Prize is actually nothing to do with the Scottish city; instead it takes its name from Sir James Stirling, architect behind the Faculty of Engineering at Leicester University and the Neue Staatsgalerie (New State Gallery) in Stuttgart. It is the highest profile architectural award in British culture and the awards ceremony has been broadcast previously on UK TV stations, Channel 4 and BBC2. Hadid had been nominated in 2005, 2006 and 2008, before finally scooping the prize in 2010 for MAXXI, a museum of contemporary art in Rome and following that in 2011 with a second win, this time for the Ark Evelyn Grace Academy, a school in Brixton, London.

Answer: Gladiola

The Bridge Pavilion is a 280 metre long (919 ft) covered bridge which links the Zaragoza neighbourhood of La Almozara with the site of the Expo 2008 exposition, for which the bridge was built.
The outer skin of the bridge is covered with 29,000 triangles of a glassfibre reinforced concrete known as fibreC, and the triangles are in varying shades of grey, which adds to the outstanding visual spectacle presented by the bridge.
This was one of the first bridges completed by Hadid and she was inspired in its design by the river below it.

Answer: Austria

The old "Bergiselschanze" or Bergisel Ski Jump was used for both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics, hosted at nearby Innsbruck, but by the late 90s, this ramp no longer met the requirements for international competition.
Hadid designed a facility complete with sports facilities, public spaces, including a cafe and viewing terraces as well as the all important ski ramp, which rises to a height of almost 50 metres (164 feet).

Answer: Beijing

There really aren't enough superlatives to describe this incredible construction, which Hadid described as "a reinventing of the classical Chinese courtyard which generates an immersive, enveloping experience at the Heart of Beijing." The building took three years to complete and covers an area of 330,000 square metres (3,552,090 square feet).

Its eighteen floors are divided into retail and entertainment facilities on the lower three, while levels four to fifteen are office units for businesses and the top three, rising to a height of 67 metres (220 feet), are given over to bars and restaurants.

This truly is a stunning building that gives us an amazing insight into the creative mind of "the queen of the curve".

Answer: Miami

The building, officially called One Thousand Museum, due to its location at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, across from Museum Park, is known by the nickname "the scorpion tower" due to it having a curving exoskeleton for structural purposes which also allows the interior space to have fewer columns.
The tower provides super-luxury accommodation, having just 85 residences over its 62 floors, consisting of a two-story duplex penthouse, 4 townhouses, 10 full-floor residences, and 70 half-floor units. It also features a swimming pool, beauty salon, juice bar and spa on top of the building for its wealthy residents to enjoy.
The tower's distinctive exoskeleton is made from 5,000 pieces of glass fibre reinforced concrete and the building was featured on TV show, "Impossible Builds" shortly before completion, where it was described as "one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board."
A true marvel of architecture and engineering and such a shame that Hadid never got to see it.

Answer: Brit Music Awards

The people running the Brits decided they wanted a design that was modern and culturally relevant, so who else to ask than Hadid?
She produced a stunning design which Brits chairman Jason Iley described as innovative and original, therefore fitting perfectly with the world of music.
Winners that year, and recipients of a Zaya Hadid-designed Brit included Little Mix, Robbie Williams, Drake and Rag 'n' Bone Man.