architecture of the future

This past weekend I saw the exhibit in the Guggenheim on Zaha Hadid. Part of the exhibit I spent trying to figure out if she was kidding or not with the busy, detailed "analyses" of a particular project from various perspectives, times, and uses all in the same frame. There is something so angular and off-kilter about her perspective, and the windows in some of her buildings have that rhomboidal shape with rounded corners that looks so Jetsons-meets-Aliens. Certainly, the buildings are not designed for efficiency in their propensity to streak out into space and taper off in delicate tails.

But in another way I can recognize the art in her creations. She combines materials, lines, and form in a fashion that is sleek and yet not as clinical as most modern glass-faced buildings. The architecture is memorable, especially the works that juxtapose angular forms to rounded surfaces. And my wife just loves that car in the exhibit.