Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE RA, (Arabic: زها حديد‎ Zahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was born in Baghdad.

Hadid was elected a Royal Academician in 2005. She became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize (2004). She received the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and in 2015 she became the first woman to be awarded the RIBA Gold Medal.^[1][2]

Hadid's buildings are neo-futuristic, characterized by curving forms with 'multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry to evoke the chaos of modern life'.^[3]

On 31 March 2016, Hadid died of a heart attack in a Miami hospital, where she was being treated for bronchitis, aged 65.^[4]

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1. ↑'Dame Zaha Hadid awarded the Riba Gold Medal for architecture'. BBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. ↑Goodwin, Kate; Stanton, Alan & Cook , Peter 2016. A tribute to Zaha Hadid RA: 1950–2016. Royal Academy.
3. ↑'Zaha Hadid Profile'. Design Museum. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
4. ↑'Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack'. BBC News. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.