Chosen Architect
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, an Iraqi-British architect.
Career and Facts
In 1980 she established her own practice in London. During the 1980s she also taught at the Architectural Association.
She taught at prestigious institutions around the world.
In 2004 Hadid became the first female and first Muslim recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
In 2008, she ranked 69th on the Forbes list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful
Women".
Interior Architecture and Product Design
She has also undertaken some high-profile interior work, including the Mind Zone and Feet zone at the Millennium Dome in London as well as creating fluid furniture installations within the Georgian surroundings of Home House private members club in Marylebone, and the Z.CAR hydrogen-powered, three-wheeled automobile. In 2009, she worked with the clothing brand Lacoste, to create a new, high fashion, and advanced boot.
Information From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaha_Hadid
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