Zaha Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid DBE RA (Arabic: زها حديد Zahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was born in Baghdad.
Hadid was elected a Royal Academician in 2005. She became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize (2004). She received the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2015 she became the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal.[1][2]
Hadid's buildings are neo-futuristic, characterized by curving forms with "multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life".[3]
On 31 March 2016, Hadid died of a heart attack in a Miami hospital, where she was being treated for bronchitis, aged 65.[4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Dame Zaha Hadid awarded the Riba Gold Medal for architecture". BBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ↑ Goodwin, Kate; Stanton, Alan & Cook , Peter 2016. A tribute to Zaha Hadid RA: 1950–2016. Royal Academy.
- ↑ "Zaha Hadid Profile". Design Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack". BBC News. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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