CAC Facade

These are photos of the exterior of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio - a museum for exhibiting progressive contemporary art, but not collecting it.
Designed by Zaha Hadid.
Read Part 1 of this post here.

CAC Stairs

So in my post on Monday I mentioned that I was making a trip with 2 out of my 3 sisters to Zaha Hadid's Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Well friends, there are way too many photos to post all at once, so you're going to have to check back tomorrow for the rest.

Today we are focused on the stairs. I'm obsessed with these stairs.



Love that cutout for the banister. (Note in picture 1 &3 how they are back lit on the other side)


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But this is definitely the best photo of the day.
Thanks sisters!

Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

Tomorrow I'm going to see Zaha's Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pictures coming soon!

Zaha & The Renaissance

The wave-shaped Aquatics Centre roof has been successfully lifted and lowered into place completing what was one of the most complex engineering and construction challenges of the Olympic Park ‘big build’. The Aquatics Centre is on track to finish in summer 2011 ready for test events with the concrete dive pool also complete and work well underway on the two 50m competition and training pools.

Continue reading here.

This is part of my research for a strange assignment for architecture history class. We have to give a presentation of an ancient, historical site (relevant to what we are studying in class, which right now is the Renaissance) from the perspective of a character of our choice. I've chosen Zaha Hadid... what would she think about Venice during the Renaissance??