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DARK SECRETS: Deconstructing cities | Vintage Vibes

Besides towers, ZHA's projects include Beijing Daxing International Airport. (Photos Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute)

If Zaha Hadid's paintings of The Peak had come to life, Hong Kong would boast a leisure club and architectural landmark featuring horizontal beams with a large void carved out between a geological intervention in the hills of Kowloon.

Though never built, the breakthrough project from the early 1980s earned Hadid first prize in a competition and international recognition.

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