Zaha Hadid
Iraqi-British architect. First woman to win the Pritzker Prize (2004). Designer of the MAXXI in Rome, the London Aquatics Centre, the Heydar Aliyev Center, the Guangzhou Opera House. Pioneer of parametric design.
Zaha Hadid
Ask Zaha Hadid about parametric design, fluid geometry, and the Pritzker she won. Walk an impossible curve with the architect who bent gravity in steel.
Iraqi-British architect. First woman to win the Pritzker Prize (2004). Designer of the MAXXI in Rome, the London Aquatics Centre, the Heydar Aliyev Center, the Guangzhou Opera House. Pioneer of parametric design.
- Born
- 1950
- Died
- 2016
- Birthplace
- Baghdad
- Nationality
- Iraq, United Kingdom
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