If she builds it, they will talk. Such is the power of Zaha Hadid, the most lauded female architect in the world, whose avant-garde designs are equal parts captivating (see her gravity-defying opera house in Guangzhou, China) and controversial (see new renderings of her 2022 World Cup stadium in Qatar, which some critics say resembles female genitalia; "ridiculous," counters Hadid). The Iraqi-born architect, a member of the 2010 TIME 100, says she sees herself as part of a project to "rethink the city" one building at a time. Whereas other architects may try to mimic surrounding structures, Hadid--now helming a staff...
Zaha Hadid Rethinks the City
The architect is changing the world's skylines from Baku to Baghdad
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