The Sinuous Vision of Architect Zaha Hadid

MAXXI Art Center, Interior
Hadid's ribboning walls, intricately interwoven stairways and fluid corridors form what she has called a "liquid space." The effect can be fantastical, like the hallucinatory architectural fantasies of the 18th century artist Piranesi. But these spaces are real.

• 2010 TIME 100
• Thinker: Zaha Hadid