Zaha Hadid Architects Launch iPhone & iPad App

Nov 2011

By Oscar Lopez — Filed under: Architecture News ,mini , App, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Zaha Hadid Architects

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On October 2nd Zaha Hadid Architects launched their much anticipated (to us architecture nerds anyways) iPhone and iPad App, made available through Apple and iTunes. This new App will allow users to browse through ZHA current portfolio of design and architecture. In a future update to the App there will be exclusive access and insight into some of the award winning buildings in the form of interactive guides (coming soon) to be used when visiting Zaha Hadid’s buildings.

The layout of the App is a clean transition from Zaha Hadid Architects website, with the ability to view “wallpaper” size images of some of ZHA award winning projects and corresponding project descriptions and details when the “information” key is selected. While you are limited to the real estate of either your iPhone or iPad, the cleanness of the App makes for an extremely efficient and elegant experience. Making is simple to browse through the selected projects and staying up-to-date with resent ZHA news and projects.

Currently there are four selections on the main screen to choose from: News, About Us, ZHA World, and Your ZHA. Through the News tab you are directed to recent office activity that dates back to 2010. The About Us tab directs you to a brief biography of ZHA and the option to select from three short videos on the philosophy of the practice. ZHA World takes advantage of the iPhone’s ability to use GPS and locates in Real-Time the projects completed by ZHA.

This feature uses a Google Map to show which projects are near you and further divides them into sector, built and location categories. The most exciting of the features will surely be the Your ZHA option when made available. Through this function you will be able to customize and share your experience when visiting Zaha Hadid’s projects.

Overall the quality of the newly released Zaha Hadid Architects App is extremely high. The shear simpleness and elegance of the App allows for the information made available to actually read through. I can speak for the architecture nerds in the room that we can hardly wait for the customized feature within the App to become available, it will surely follow the same high level of craft that is constant and expected within the work of Zaha Hadid Architects.

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Cite:
Lopez , Oscar . "Zaha Hadid Architects Launch iPhone & iPad App" 01 Nov 2011. ArchDaily. Accessed 24 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/179254>

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John says:

Quite interesting.. but I expected something more original from Zaha. They seemed to have just copied the structure and features included in other apps I have seen.

# November 1, 2011 at 12:30

AnnaG says:

@John: I am a recent architecture graduate and I am surprised also to see the some of the same features on Zaha’s site as other architects’ apps that were brought out last year?

# November 2, 2011 at 05:31

Barb says:

I don’t mind so much that you used sth that works, would appreciate if the app was less than 20MB in size, so I could download without going to the internet provider or iTunes.

# November 2, 2011 at 10:20

balkan aga says: