The Zaha Hadid Foundation has reopened the late architect's former headquarters at 10 Bowling Green Lane in London as a public-facing space for exhibitions, talks, workshops and creative residencies. The refurbishment includes galleries, a learning area and a lecture hall.
Rana Hadid, the foundation's chair of trustees and Zaha Hadid's niece, marked the reopening with a two-day symposium, "89 Degrees of Zaha Hadid," held with the Architectural Association and the Serpentine. The program explored the architect's early life, education and creative legacy.
The foundation cares for an archive of around 300,000 objects, including models, paintings, sketchbooks and letters. Rana says the collection offers insight into how Hadid's ideas developed across disciplines. The newly reopened headquarters debuted with "Zaha Hadid: Architecture of Performance," an exhibition focused on her concepts for stage and set design.
Further projects are planned, including international retrospectives and an exhibition titled "Zaha Hadid: Visionary Museum Designs" at London's Sir John Soane's Museum, scheduled for March 24 to June 20, 2027. The foundation is also planning to bring Hadid's work to Iraq and other countries in the Middle East.
By making the archive and former studio accessible to wider audiences, the foundation is positioning Hadid's legacy as an evolving resource for future generations of designers and architecture enthusiasts.
