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Eye On Design: Dune Table By Zaha Hadid

zaha hadid dune table
Image Courtesy of David Gill Galleries, All Other Photos By Gail

My favorite design show, Salon Art + Design, wrapped up last week and I’m so excited to start featuring all of the amazing art furniture that I was lucky enough to see in person at the Park Avenue Armory. To kick things off, let’s take a look at the Dune Table, designed by renowned architect Zaha Hadid (19502016). Continue reading Eye On Design: Dune Table By Zaha Hadid

Let’s Go: A Summer Evening Walk on the High Line!

Path View Looking Uptown
All Photos By Gail

Hello, and welcome to our second installation of Let’s Go: a fun, informative and photo-heavy column in which I tell you Where To Go . . . in NYC, for summer sun and fun! This week, we are taking an early evening walk on the NYC High Line, a public park built on a historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side. The High Line runs from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, and snakes along between 10th and 12th Avenues.

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Architect Zaha Hadid’s Sports Stadium Design Looks Like a Vagina

Zaha Hadid Vagina Stadium
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London-based Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been forced to defend herself against claims that her design for Qatar’s Al-Wakrah stadium, which is in the process of being built for the 2022 football (soccer) World Cup, is based on the female genitalia, after images of the “vagina stadium” went viral two weeks ago. Continue reading Architect Zaha Hadid’s Sports Stadium Design Looks Like a Vagina