An artist’s impression of the new Olympic stadium, designed by Zaha Hadid. Photograph: AP

According to architecture critic Stephen Bayley, writing in The Spectator, Zaha Hadid “has added much to the formal language of global architecture, but not to its good sense,” and as such, he feels architecture would be better off without Hadid. To support his contention, he offers a couple of her well-known projects, such as the 2022 World Cup Stadium in Qatar, and the 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre in London. Both projects have been criticised for their grandiose, futuristic designs, as well as their bloated costs. “She became the champion of an architecture that was more about personal ‘vision’ than public utility,” Bayley wrote......Continue Reading

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