Zaha Hadid

Here is a name you haven't heard. Zaha Hadid. 

Her full name is Dame Zaha Muhammad Hadid. 

She was born in Baghdad, Iraq on 31st of October 1950. Her father, the co-founder of the Iraqi Nationanl Party. Her mother, an artist. 

Zaha is ahead of her time. She will always be. She created magnificent bridges, buildings and art centers. She taught at the Harvard School of Design, was a guest professor at the Institue of Architecture at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna, and she was the first woman, and first Muslim to earn the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. She also earned many other awards for her work. In 2007 she was ranked  69th on the Forbes list of "World's 100 Most Powerful Women". She will be greatly missed by the lives she effected with her beautiful designs. 

  The above image is her design. It is the Art Center in Abu Dhabi. 

She also designed a bridge in U.A.E. as well. She is known for her opened designs which look like water.

Why do I mention her today? 
Dame Zaha Muhammad Hadid passed away. May she rest in peace.