Comments on: Zaha Hadid building pirated in China http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 25 May 2013 03:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kenneth Smythe http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1156780 Kenneth Smythe Thu, 02 May 2013 16:14:33 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279093#comment-1156780 Why copy an original idea without merit. IMO much of Zaha's original designs are without merit. I shun her work like the plague. Why copy an original idea without merit. IMO much of Zaha's original designs are without merit. I shun her work like the plague.

]]> By: Eliinbar http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1156765 Eliinbar Thu, 02 May 2013 15:42:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279093#comment-1156765 The main question is not whether to copy existing buildings. This has been a fact which is part of our professional life. You are invited to visit my blog Someone Has Built It Before, there you can see hundreds of examples that reinforce this claim. Our challenge today, as I would put it, is how to get inspired consciously from existing buildings. The main question is not whether to copy existing buildings. This has been a fact which is part of our professional life.

You are invited to visit my blog Someone Has Built It Before, there you can see hundreds of examples that reinforce this claim.

Our challenge today, as I would put it, is how to get inspired consciously from existing buildings.

]]> By: Kate Austin http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1138368 Kate Austin Sun, 07 Apr 2013 09:23:20 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279093#comment-1138368 The best form of flattery is imitation. If only modern architects didn't have such huge egos the world would be a better looking place. Some of the most beautiful cities in the world are beautiful because one architect came up with a good design and everyone else copied it. How would Amsterdam look if each building had strived to be unique instead of the cohesion that exists? The best form of flattery is imitation. If only modern architects didn't have such huge egos the world would be a better looking place. Some of the most beautiful cities in the world are beautiful because one architect came up with a good design and everyone else copied it. How would Amsterdam look if each building had strived to be unique instead of the cohesion that exists?

]]> By: MaEK http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1128169 MaEK Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:37:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279093#comment-1128169 The point here is that one would even want to copy it like this. Yes, it is an old story in which architects build on the work that came before. But here, the developer gets a product that he can use in an entirely different context etc. Hadid has codified her signature to such a degree that it is merely consumer product. Real architecture opposes this. What this is, is the end of the image architect. Thank God! Hadid's work has already long been boring factory-like production. The point here is that one would even want to copy it like this. Yes, it is an old story in which architects build on the work that came before. But here, the developer gets a product that he can use in an entirely different context etc. Hadid has codified her signature to such a degree that it is merely consumer product. Real architecture opposes this. What this is, is the end of the image architect. Thank God! Hadid’s work has already long been boring factory-like production.

]]> By: miles http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/02/zaha-hadid-building-pirated-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1106460 miles Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:17:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279093#comment-1106460 Agreed. Agreed.

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