Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects’ Central Bank of Iraq

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects released images of the Central Bank of Iraq, which under construction in Baghdad, Iraq.

The structure was designed to “mimic the light reflecting off waves” from the nearby river while providing shade to the glass.

This week’s newsletter also featured a 12-storey house by Spasm Design, an interview with Suriname’s minister of spatial planning and environment on the challenges facing the rainforest nation and a collection of rain-harvesting hats by designer Mijoda Dajomi.

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