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Zaha Hadid: Car Park and Terminus Strasbourg (German, English and French Edition)

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the closed mind apparent in the tone and content of the other reviewer states all you need to know about their ability to review the book. Perhaps if this person went to a Hadid project, instead of judging it via the media (which they perversly declaim) they might understand the work's power, its significance and its warmth. Or perhaps they should stop living in fear. It is the other reviewer that needs to grow up; oh, and try thinking. Anyway, its a good book.

Put simply, the design is cold, brutal, ignorant and devoid of any redeeming human qualities ... in short, it is representative of most of Hadid's oeuvre. That she appeals to so many younger people has more to do with flash computer graphics than any valuable lessons in architecture. This is kid's stuff, not the work of a sohisticated or intellectually mature architect. If you are the sort of person who is impressionable, this book is aimed at YOU. For an architectural education, try a book on Barragan, Scarpa, Renzo Piano, Fay Jones or almost any practitioner capable of actually constructing a well-designed building. This is graphic hogwash. Eye-candy for infant minds.