the artwork of barbara hepworth ‘oval sculpture’, 1943 (top) might have been a reference for the architect zaha hadid. she described her ideal house at this years IMM cologne (bottom) and

how she approached the cube: ‘hollowing it out’ and thus morphing it into a charming sequence of rooms that lead into one another. it opens up wide to the outside’. thanks to peter stimpson

for the example of an intelligent translation from an art sculpture to an architecture form. andy butler I designboom jan 22, 2007