Zaha Hadid (1950- ) is amongst the most famous, celebrated, and reviled architects working today. Some criticize her work as insensitive to context and function--sculpture at the scale of architecture--while others praise the first female Pritzker Prize winner's deconstructivist style as perpetually on the vanguard of form and technology. For all her attention, she has produced few buildings. The first to actually be built was a fire station at the Vitra headquarters in Weil am Rhein, Germany, which was quickly abandoned as a functioning firehouse and repurposed into gallery space. Her other prominent commissions include the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati; the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion which has been in Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York and other places; the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany; and Maggie's Center at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. She works from her studio in London.

Celebrate the Late Zaha Hadid With a New Book That Highlights Her Unforgettable Work
From Images Publishing Group comes the first posthumous book on the master architect and revolutionary designer.
Queen of the Curve: 18 Influential Works by Zaha Hadid
When Zaha Hadid passed away in March 2016, she left the world of architecture with an irreplaceable legacy.
Zaha Hadid's Milan Installation
As part of last month's Milan Design Week, Zaha Hadid Architects teamed with LEA Ceramiche to create "Twirl," a mesmerizing...