Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE

Architect

Iraqi-British architect Dame Zaha Hadid is known for her distinctive, futuristic work which includes the Serpentine Pavilion and the London Aquatics Centre built for the 2012 Olympic Games. Hadid’s achievements are second to none: she was the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, won the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011, and was made a dame the following year. In 2014 she was the first woman to win the top prize in the Design Museum’s Design of the Year Award for the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, and in 2015 was awarded the coveted RIBA Gold Medal, again becoming the first woman to achieve that distinction. Intolerant of focus on her gender, image and ethnicity to the detriment of her work, Hadid has at times had a fractious relationship with the press, most recently over her World Cup stadium in Qatar. Hadid is also responsible for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium, and has recently designed half-million-dollar ‘dining pavilions’ showcased at Design Miami 2015. 

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