About the Author

Zaha Hadid, born in 1950 in Baghdad, is one of the most influential architects of our time. Her international breakthrough came with the Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein. Among her most recent buildings are the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, the MAXXI Museum of Art in Rome, and the Guangzhou Opera House. She was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize (2004). Hadid lives and works in London.