Zaha Hadid Glasgow Riverside Museum Of Transport
The riverside museum building was designed by zaha hadid architects and engineers buro happold.
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We create transformative cultural corporate residential and other spaces that work in synchronicity with their surroundings. Riverside museum architect zaha hadid dies unexpectedly in the usa. The purpose built museum replaced the previous home for the citys transport collection at the citys kelvin hall. Slated to officially open later this week the.
The riverside museum is an architectural masterpiece designed by zaha hadid arguably the worlds most in demand architect. Transport building kelvinside scotland design by zaha hadid architect. The location of the museum is on the site of the. Riverside is approximately 10 minutes walk follow the green city walking signs.
The riverside museum is glasgows newest visitor attraction home to the transport engineering and shipbuilding legacy that made glasgow great. The internal exhibitions and displays were designed by event communications a specialist london based museum design firm. Here is the first look at zaha hadid architects latest project glasgow riverside museum of transport. This feature is not available right now.
Zaha hadid won the tender to build a new museum of transport competing with such prominent architects as norman foster richard rogers or daniel libeskind. Housing a museum of transport with over 3000 exhibits the building has a 36 metre high. Zaha hadid architects have completed the riverside museum in glasgow with a zig zagging zinc clad roof. The new riverside museum was designed by iraqi born british architect zaha hadid within the site of a former shipyard as a part of the larger glasgow harbor urban regeneration project.
In 2011 the transport museum glasgow moved from its historical home in kelvin street into a new iconic building on the river clyde waterfront and renamed riverside museum. Riverside museum can still be busy at weekends.