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]
Zaha Hadid Media
Roof of the Riverside Museum.
The grave of Zaha Hadid (centre) in Brookwood Cemetery
Hadid's fluid interior of the Silken Puerta America in Madrid
Cutlery designed by Hadid for German WMF Group, 2007
Chevron doorhandle for Olivari
Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Evelyn Grace Academy, London
Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany (1991–1993)
Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck, Austria (1999–2002)
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (1997–2003)
References
- ↑ "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. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35936768. Retrieved 31 March 2016.