Martin Filler Admits Mistake in his Critique on Zaha Hadid

Last week Zaha Hadid filed a libel lawsuit against critic Martin Filler, after Filler’s review of Rowan Moore’s book “Why We Build: Power and Desire in Architecture" for the New York Review of Books included a scathing section on Hadid. In the article Filler said she had shown “no concern” for the death of construction workers in Qatar, where she designed a stadium for the 2022 World Cup. Now, Filler has admitted to a significant error in the article he wrote, The New York Times has reported. In an amendment to his article Filler acknowledges that the quotes he used from Hadid were taken out of context and had “nothing to do” with the Qatar stadium she designed. Read Filler’s full statement in the New York Times article, here.

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Cite: Katie Watkins. "Martin Filler Admits Mistake in his Critique on Zaha Hadid " 26 Aug 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/541289/martin-filler-admits-mistake-in-his-critique-on-zaha-hadid> ISSN 0719-8884

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