CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ COMMISSIONS ZAHA HADID TO DESIGN ITS NEW

[Mustang gt]

This was posted today 6-9-2011 on the CBI website

CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ COMMISSIONS ZAHA HADID TO DESIGN ITS NEW

HEADQUARTERS IN BAGHDAD

The construction of the new Central Bank headquarters in Baghdad represents a

major step in the institutional development and modernisation of the Central Bank

of Iraq. At the margins of the Tigris River, the building site connects to the ancestral

civilisations and the foundations of Iraqi History, opening the prospect of a new

chapter of re‐emergence.

The Central Bank of Iraq has engaged the Iraqi born architect, the legendary Zaha

Hadid. Her team includes some of the internationally well known practices including

DEGW, Davis Langdon, Adam Kara Taylor, and Max Fordham. The team, led by Zaha

Hadid Architects has already produced the initial study setting out client’s

requirements and site utilisation.

The building’s mission is to address the needs and requirements of the Central Bank,

not only functional, but also aesthetical and aspirational. Zaha Hadid’s visionary

concept for the Central Bank of Iraq comes at a pivotal moment in the history of the

country, and will, no doubt, create a new landmark that embodies and

communicates the key values of the institution, such as Solidity, Stability and

Sustainability.

[FRUSTRATED]

The IRAQI people will probably blow it up if they don't get food and electricity first.!!!!!!!

[Mustang gt]

The IRAQI people will probably blow it up if they don't get food and electricity first.!!!!!!!

Frustrated, just what I thought when I read it.

[rick25sandi]

I thought they moved into a new building last year or maybe i just mistaken