World-renowned Architect Zaha Hadid's Design Selected for MSU's Broad Art Museum

World-renowned architect Zaha Hadid of London has been selected as the winner in the design competition for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University.

Hadid joined the Broads at two public events today where MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon announced the winner.

"With today's announcement of Zaha Hadid as the architect of record for the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, we take one step closer to bringing this extraordinary project to life," Simon said.

"We were fortunate to have the work of many world-class architects submitted for the competition but Ms.

Hadid's design truly captured the spirit of what this iconic building will represent to MSU's campus and the greater mid-Michigan community that will benefit from its presence in the area."

The announcement is the culmination of a competition that began in June 2007 when the Broads gave a gift of $26 million to help fund the new museum, which will focus on modern and contemporary art.

The other finalists were: Coop Himmelb(l)au (Vienna and Los Angeles); Morphosis (Santa Monica, Calif.); Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, PC (New York); and Randall Stout Architects, Inc. (Los Angeles).