Zaha Hadid Architects has withdrawn from Architects Declare, the climate and biodiversity commitment to which it was a founding signatory.

In a statement issued this afternoon it attacked the founders of the movement, claiming they were for “setting the profession up for failure” and blaming a significant difference of opinion.

ZHA is the second practice in two days to announce its withdrawal, after Norman Foster yesterday withdrew his practice amid a dispute about whether designing airports can ever be sustainable.

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