The Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati was designed by Zaha Hadid and was her first American project. The Contemporary Arts Center commissioned it and named it for donors Lois and Richard Rosenthal. Construction began in 2001, and it opened on May 31, 2003, at a cost of $34 million. The article names no architectural style or materials.
The building covers 80,000 square feet (7,400 m²) across seven floors on a footprint of 11,000 square feet (1,000 m²). The article describes its design ideas as an "Urban Carpet," a "Jigsaw Puzzle" and "Skin/Sculpture." It stands on East 6th Street at Walnut Street, across from the Aronoff Center.
Critic Herbert Muschamp of The New York Times called it the most important American building completed since the Cold War. It won a 2004 RIBA Award. The center keeps no permanent collection and shows contemporary art and performance. The article gives no hours.
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