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A Certain Sense of Calm; Far from the spotlight, a group of gifted architects is designing spaces of quiet elegance.(Zaha Hadid)(Cover story)

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Byline: Cathleen Mcguigan

Earlier this month at the Venice Biennale, Karl Lagerfeld introduced an unusual accessory for Chanel: pale-colored, curvy and soft-looking, it was hard to tell from a picture whether it was some kind of jaunty tote bag or perhaps a fetching new hat. In fact, it was a model for a building, the latest extraordinary design from Zaha Hadid: a mobile, collapsible art pavilion that Chanel plans to tour through major world cities next year. Once again, Hadid created a structure unlike anything anyone's ever seen, the kind of fearless, far-out design that's put her among the top rank of starchitects. But while Hadid and her high-profile peers ...

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