@top10shire: 10. One Thousand Museum (Miami, USA) 🇺🇸 This is her only residential skyscraper. A “exoskeleton” of flowing white concrete curves supports the entire structure, Contains luxury condos, a rooftop helipad, aquatic center, and sky lounge. Located in downtown Miami near Museum Park. Completed: 2019 (posthumous) 9. Messner Mountain Museum Corones (Plan de Corones, Italy) 🇮🇹 Embedded into a mountain peak at 2,275m. Concrete and fiberglass structure that appears to burst from the rock, with panoramic terraces overlooking the Alps. Designed for mountaineer Reinhold Messner. Completed 2015. 8. Port House Antwerp (Belgium) 🇧🇪 A dramatic, faceted glass volume perched atop a former 1920s fire station. The shimmering, diamond-like extension appears to float, creating a covered courtyard below. Completed 2016. 7. Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) (Seoul, South Korea) 🇰🇷 A massive, futuristic cultural complex with a seamless, curvilinear aluminium and concrete surface. No straight lines, no right angles. Features a walkable park roof, art hall, museum, and design lab. Completed 2014. 6.Napoli Afragola Railway Station (Naples, Italy) 🇮🇹 A sweeping, bridge-like structure of white concrete and steel, designed as a high-speed rail gateway. Its fluid, elevated form resembles a “metropolitan landscape” with dramatic cantilevers and a luminous interior. Completed posthumously in 2017. 5. Vitra Fire Station (Weil am Rhein, Germany) 🇩🇪 Zaha’s first built project. A sharp, angular, “frozen explosion” of exposed concrete planes. Built as a fire station for the Vitra campus, later converted into a museum. It redefined deconstructivist architecture with its tilted walls and intersecting volumes. Completed 1993 4. London Aquatics Centre (London, UK) 🇬🇧 Iconic sweeping steel roof that appears to float. Post‑Games, the temporary wings were removed and glass walls added. Contains two 50m pools and a diving pool. The undulating ceiling improves acoustics and air circulation. Completed: 2011 (for 2012 Olympics) 3. Guangzhou Opera House (Guangzhou, China) 🇨🇳 Designed to resemble two eroded river pebbles (or “twin boulders”). The steel-ribbed structure features crystalline facets and a dramatic 1800-seat main hall with no right angles. Set beside the Pearl River, it creates an organic, cave-like interior. Completed: 2010 2. Heydar Aliyev Center (Baku, Azerbaijan) 🇦🇿 Zaha’s undisputed masterpiece. A continuous, fluid surface that dissolves the distinction between wall, roof, and floor. Achieved without massive columns using a space-frame structure and glass-fiber reinforced concrete. Houses a conference hall, museum, and galleries. Completed: 2012 1. Yidan Center (Shenzhen, China) 🇨🇳 A striking mixed-use tower with an exoskeleton of curving, intersecting white concrete struts. The twisting, dynamic silhouette reduces wind load and solar gain. Contains offices, retail, and a conference center. One of her rare completed skyscrapers. Height: 180 m (42 floors) Completed: 2017 (posthumous, originally Shenzhen International Energy Mansion). #architectures #zahahadid #traveldestinations #architect #top10shire

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