Zaha Hadid

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  • Birth

    Birth

    Hadid was born in Baghdad, Iraq.

  • Enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture

    Hadid studied mathematics before joining the architecture school.
  • Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art

    Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art

    This was the first museum to be designed by a woman. It is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • member of the Encyclopædia Britannica Editorial Board of Advisors

    2005-2006

  • Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for architecture

  • Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize

    Hadid earned this award because of her design for the MAXXI museum of contemporary art and architecture.

  • Outstanding Achievement Award

    Hadid earned Women Of The Year’s Outstanding Achievement award in London

  • Stirling Prize

    She won this award for the design of a sleek structure for Evelyn Grace Academy.
  • Heydar Aliyev Center

    Heydar Aliyev Center

    She designed this cultural center which is located in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • London Aquatics Centre

    London Aquatics Centre

    Hadid designed this structure for the 2021 Olympics.

  • Awarded the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

    Hadid earned this title for serving in architecture in the Queen's birthday honors.

  • Los Angeles Philharmonic

    Hadid designed a stage set for the 2014 production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Così fan tutte.
  • London Design Museum’s Design of the Year

    London Design Museum’s Design of the Year

    Hadid won this prize for her design of the Heydar Aliyev Center.

  • Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

  • Death

    Hadid died at the age of 65 from a heart attack.