03/08/2021
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY celebrates a Pritzker prize-winning architect, fashion designer and artist - Zaha Hadid. A British Iraqi, Zaha is one of the most recognizable faces in the design world and a major figure in 21st century architecture. Her striking structures grace the skylines of major metropolitan cities, while her product designs, including furniture, jewelry, lighting, and shoes, can be found in homes around the world. The boundary-pushing designer received numerous prestigious awards over the course of her career, including the 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2010 and 2011 Stirling Prize, the 2014 Design Museum Design of the Year Award for her Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center. She has many amazing contributions to the field, from her futuristic buildings, such as Beijing's Galaxy Soho, the London Aquatics Center, and the Guangzhou Opera House, to her dazzling superyachts. She was described as " The Queen of the curve", who " liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity."