Zaha Hadid: Listener Favorite

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaha_Hadid">Dame Zaha Hadid</a> born October 31, 1950, died March 31, 2016. She was known as the <a href="https://mymodernmet.com/zaha-hadid-buildings-queen-of-the-curve/#:~:text=Dame%20Zaha%20Hadid%20was%20one,architects%20of%20the%2021st%20century.&amp;text=As%20the%20result%20of%20an,so%20why%20stick%20to%20one%3F%E2%80%9D">“Queen of the Curve”</a> for buildings such as the <a href="https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/buildings/heydar-aliyev-cultural-center-designed-by-zaha-hadid-architects_o">Heydar Aliyev Center in Azerbaijan</a> with its gently sloping and yet zany curves. She was an Iraqi-born British architect known for her radical deconstructivist designs. In 2004 she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Only rarely does an architect emerge with a philosophy and approach to the art form that influences the direction of the entire field. Such an architect is <a href="https://www.moonshots.io/blog/2018/zahahadid">Zaha Hadid</a> who created and set new boundaries for the art of architecture.</p>