Zaha Hadid was an architect who constantly pushes the boundaries of architecture and urban design. Her work experiments with new spatial concepts that intensify existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design, from the urban scale to products, interiors and furniture.
Best known for her seminal building projects (the Vitra Fire Station, Land Formation-One, Bergisel Ski-Jump, Strasbourg Tram Station, the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, the Puerta América Hotel -interior- in Madrid, the Ordrupgaard Museum Extension in Copenhagen, and the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg), her central concerns involve a simultaneous engagement with practice, teaching, and research.
Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004.