Zaha Hadid

The designs of the architect Zaha Hadid (born 1950) are daring and
visionary experiments with space and with the relationships of buildings
to their urban surroundings.

Born in Baghdad,
Iraq, Zaha M. Hadid
grew up in a welleducated Islamic
family oriented
toward Western
multiculturalism.

In 1972 Hadid moved to London (later becoming a British citizen) and

enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. She has
never married nor had children.
"If [architecture] doesn't kill you, then you're no good," she explained. "I

Hadid opened an office of her own in 1980, but at first her ideas were
more in demand than her actual designs.
After several small projects,
including one for the interior of
the Moonsoon Restaurant in
Sapporo, Japan, Hadid's first major
building was constructed in 1993
and 1994: it was a small fire
station, with numerous irregular
angles.

Awards

1982: Gold Medal Architectural Design, British Architecture for 59 Eaton Place, London
1994: Erich Schelling Architecture Award
2001: Equerre d'argent Prize, special mention
2002: Austrian State Prize for Architecture for Bergiselschanze
2003: European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture for the Strasbourg tramway terminus and car park
at Hoenheim in Strasbourg, France
2003: Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) For services to Architecture

2004:

2005: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

2005: German Architecture Prize for the central building of the BMW plant in Leipzig
2005: Designer of the Year Award for Design Miami
2005: RIBA European Award for BMW Central Building
2006: RIBA European Award for Phaeno Science Centre
2007: Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture
2008: RIBA European Award for Nordpark Cable Railway
2009: Praemium Imperiale
2010: RIBA European Award for MAXXI
2010: Stirling Prize for MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts
2011: Stirling Prize for Evelyn Grace Academy, London
2012: Jane Drew Prize for her "outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture
2012: Dame Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) For services to
Architecture
2013: 41st Winner of the Veuve Clicquot UK Business Woman Award
2013: Elected International Member, American Philosophical Society

Pritzker Prize

In October 2012, Zaha Hadid was on the jury for the award of the Pritzker Prize to Wang Shu in Los Angeles, CA.
In February 2013 she was assessed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's
Hour on BBC Radio 4

In 2004 Hadid was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the
profession's highest honor. She was the first woman to receive the award.

Riverside Museum,
new development for the Glasgow Museum of Tran