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Haute Couture Spaceship Travels From City to City in Segments

In order to send a spaceship-like pavilion on a journey across the world, Zaha Hadid architects created this Chanel Pavilion, a portable 7500 square foot art venue that will travel from Hong Kong to New York to Moscow to Paris over the next year. The steel structure breaks apart into segments that are no more than seven feet each, and the whole thing can be built like Legos in less than a week. The sleek, timeless style pays homage to the haute couture brand Chanel, its namesake, and was commissioned by designer Karl Lagerfeld. More »

2:41 PM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
1,346 views, 4 comments

Latest by Ed Corcoran: Zaha Hadid is such an incredibly talented woman. She designed the new art museum at Michigan State, where I go to school, and it will be an incredible building. more »