Today, Google is celebrating the famed Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid, who died last March (2016) in Miami of a sudden heart attack.
She was the first woman ever to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, which is the prize of all prizes for architects.
Here is Google’s front page:
The building that is featured is the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. It’s an extraordinary piece of architecture. And in case you aren’t familiar with it, below is a Red Bull video of Maksim Kruglov skateboarding the building and its grounds. The building is just screaming to be skated. (Click here if you can’t see it below.)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7lEGbAIU6M&w=560&h=315]
I’m not exactly sure why Google chose today to feature Hadid. Initially I thought it might be the anniversary of her death, but she died in March. Whatever the case may be, a quick search revealed that her Miami condo was just listed for $10,000,000. That’s probably not what they are celebrating.
It’s located at 2201 Collins Avenue (Unit 730) in the W Hotel Miami Beach. It’s 2,299 sf and features a totally separate guest apartment, which itself has one bedroom. The main suite was initially 2 units, but Zaha had them combined into a generous one bedroom.
Only $4,350 per square foot.
Below is a quick video prepared by the broker. You don’t need the sound on for this one. (Click here if you can’t see it below.)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CD_xwYPbf8&w=560&h=315]