Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect, artist and designer, recognized as a major figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied mathematics as an undergraduate and then enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972. In search of an alternative system to traditional architectural drawing, and influenced by Suprematism and the Russian avant-garde, Hadid adopted painting as a design tool and abstraction as an investigative principle to "reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism [...] to unveil new fields of building".
Hadid in 2013
Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany (1991–1993). Hadid's first building complex.
Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck, Austria (1999–2002)
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (1997–2003)
Architectural Association School of Architecture
The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, commonly referred to as the AA, is the oldest private school of architecture in the UK. The AA hosts programmes of exhibitions, lectures, symposia and publications.
Plaque beside entrance
AA Bedford Square premises
DRL10 Pavilion
AA Gallery