Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects' Central Bank of Iraq

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UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects released images of the Central Bank of Iraq, which under construction in Baghdad, Iraq.

The structure was designed to "mimic the light reflecting off waves" from the nearby river while providing shade to the glass.

This week's newsletter also featured a 12-storey house by Spasm Design, an interview with Suriname's minister of spatial planning and environment on the challenges facing the rainforest nation and a collection of rain-harvesting hats by designer Mijoda Dajomi.

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