Construction of Leeza SOHO mixed-use skyscraper in Beijing designed by Zaha Hadid Architects continues to grow at a good pace and has just presented some of the latest construction photographs.
Zaha Hadid Architects have released new amazing photos showcasing the ongoing construction progress of Leeza SOHO skyscraper, in the financial district of Lize in Beijing / China. A huge twisting atrium, a contorted structural skeleton and bridge rings, — which merges two separate sections of the tower into a single volume, will house the world's tallest atrium. Leeza Soho is one of over 30 projects under development by ZHA.

Once the 46-story structure of the Leeza SOHO skyscraper — Zaha Hadid Architects' fourth project collaboration with SOHO China — reaches its final height of 207 meters in September of this year, it will be home to the world's tallest atrium — an impressive central space of 190 meters high wrapped by two undulating volumes. The final completion is scheduled for late 2018.
 
"Anchoring the financial district, the 172,800m² Leeza Soho design has evolved from its specific site conditions. Straddling the new subway tunnel that diagonally divides the site, the tower rises as a single volume divided into two halves on either side of the tunnel. A central atrium – the world’s tallest – extends 190m through full height of the building, connecting the two halves together." All description here by ZHA.
 
"China attracts the best talent from around the world. It’s important to work with architects who understand what the next generation requires; connecting communities and traditions with innovative new technologies to embrace the future." said Zhang Xin, CEO of SOHO China.
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Zaha Hadid Architects. Design.- Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher
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Satoshi Ohashi
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Site Area.- 30,688 m²
Gross Floor Area.- 172,800 m²
Above Ground.- 124,000 m²
Below Ground.- 48,800 m²
Height.- 207 m
Top of occupied floor.- 190.5 m (45 floors)
Floors Above Ground.- 46 levels
Retail.- 10,000 m²
Vehicle Parking.- 480
Bicycle Parking.- 2,680
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Zaha Hadid, (Bagdad, 31 October 1950 – Miami, 31 March 2016) founder of Zaha Hadid Architects, was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize (considered to be the Nobel Prize of architecture) in 2004 and is internationally known for both her theoretical and academic work.

Each of her dynamic and innovative projects builds on over thirty years of revolutionary exploration and research in the interrelated fields of urbanism, architecture and design. Hadid’s interest lies in the rigorous interface between architecture, landscape and geology as her practice integrates natural topography and human-made systems, leading to experimentation with cutting-edge technologies. Such a process often results in unexpected and dynamic architectural forms.

Education: Hadid studied architecture at the Architectural Association from 1972 and was awarded the Diploma Prize in 1977.

Teaching: She became a partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, taught at the AA with OMA collaborators Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis, and later led her own studio at the AA until 1987. Since then she has held the Kenzo Tange Chair at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; the Sullivan Chair at the University of Illinois, School of Architecture, Chicago; guest professorships at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg; the Knolton School of Architecture, Ohio and the Masters Studio at Columbia University, New York. In addition, she was made Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Fellow of the American Institute of Architecture and Commander of the British Empire, 2002. She is currently Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria and was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Awards: Zaha Hadid’s work of the past 30 years was the subject of critically-acclaimed retrospective exhibitions at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 2006, London’s Design Museum in 2007 and the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy in 2009. Her recently completed projects include the MAXXI Museum in Rome; which won the Stirling award in 2010. Hadid’s outstanding contribution to the architectural profession continues to be acknowledged by the most world’s most respected institutions. She received the prestigious ‘Praemium Imperiale’ from the Japan Art Association in 2009, and in 2010, the Stirling Prize – one of architecture’s highest accolades – from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Other recent awards include UNESCO naming Hadid as an ‘Artist for Peace’ at a ceremony in their Paris headquarters last year. Also in 2010, the Republic of France named Hadid as ‘Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in recognition of her services to architecture, and TIME magazine included her in their 2010 list of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’. This year’s ‘Time 100’ is divided into four categories: Leaders, Thinkers, Artists and Heroes – with Hadid ranking top of the Thinkers category.

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Published on: August 14, 2017
Cite: "Amazing construction of Leeza SOHO skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects" METALOCUS. Accessed
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