BAU magazine

BAU : German Architectural Journal 

To Illustrate Architecture through Typography

The first woman to win the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in its 26 year history, ZAHA HADID (1950-) has defined a radically new approach to architecture by creating buildings, such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, with multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life. This fragmented geometry was a key factor in this publication, for me it was paramount that the editorial design reflected Hadid's architecture. Thus the fragmented typographic grid system almost a skeletal blueprint of a modern building.