World-famous architect died of a sudden heart attack at the Miami hospital where she was treated for bronchitis. She was 65 years old

• Zaha Hadid
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World-renowned British architect of Iraqi origin Zaha Hadid (Zaha Hadid) died at age 65 of a sudden heart attack. This happened March 31 at the Miami hospital where she was treated for bronchitis. The death of Zaha Hadid confirmed in her office.

the winner of the Stirling prize the Royal Institute of British architects (RIBA) in 2010 and 2011, in 2012-м Zaha became the Lady-командором the order of the British Empire. In 2014, Zaha Hadid was the first among architectors-женщин received the prestigious Pritzker architecture prize. And in 2015-м became the first woman to be awarded the Gold medal of the RIBA.

Among world-famous architectural projects by Zaha Hadid @the mdas transport Museum in Glasgow, the national Museum of XXI century arts in Rome (2010), firehouse company "Vitra" in Weil-на-Рейне, Germany (1994), Centre of water sports, built in London for the Olympics 2012, the Opera house in Kokshetau Ganchzhou (2005) and others. Shortly before his death, Zaha Hadid worked on the project of the Olympic stadium in Tokyo for the games of 2020.

Hadid became the subject of several major exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum, MOMA and the UK pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Zaha Hadid born 31 October 1950 in Baghdad. After studying at the American University in Beirut, she moved to London. Zaha in 1972-1977 she studied at the Architectural Association in London, where her mentor was the famous Dutch architect REM Koolhaas. After graduation, Hadid some time worked in the office of his teacher, and in 1980 he founded his own architectural firm Zaha Hadid Architects.

the Works of Hadid associated with the direction of deconstruction in contemporary architecture, which is characterized by broken, destructive lines and visual complexity of the buildings.

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru