Heydar Aliyev Center by amanderson2 licensed under the terms of Public Domain
This week’s crazy building is Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan.
This unusual site is the brainchild of world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid, famous for the curves and unusual structure of her architecture. The design was meant to convey an optimistic future, a departure from the rigid, imposing Soviet architecture that dominates much of the country’s capital.
The Center was named after Azerbaijan’s former Soviet leader Heydar Aliyev, who was later elected president. It was built as a cultural center that consists of a conference hall, a gallery hall and a museum.
To see more work by Zaha Hadid Architects be sure to check out my other posts here. Or uncover another crazy building here.
