Saha Hadi

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE (English: Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid; Arabic: زها حديد, October 31, 1950 - March 31, 2016, Hong Kong translation Saha Hadi, Taiwan translation Zaha Hadi), was born in Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi-British architect who later settled in the United Kingdom. In 2004, she became the first female architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize. She won the Stirling Prize, the highest honor in British architecture, in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, she was awarded the title of Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her architectural achievements. In 2015, she became the first and only woman to receive the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. The above achievements have made her famous in the international architectural community. In addition to architectural awards, the media also gave her high praise. For example, the London Guardian called her the "Queen of the curve." The New York Times praised her for "liberating architectural geometry and giving it a new form of expression." National Geographic magazine called her "the devil from the architectural world." Her major works include the London Aquatics Center for the 2012 London Olympics, the Eli and Edith Broad Museum of Michigan State University in the United States, the Guangzhou Grand Theater in mainland China, and the National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome, Italy. Some architectural works were completed when she passed away, including the 2017 BRIT Awards statue; some were completed after her death, such as the Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar, Beijing Daxing International Airport in mainland China, and the Tamjiang Bridge in Taiwan.