B. 1950,Bagdahad, Iraq Lives and works in London, UK D. March 2016
EDUCATION 1997 Architecutral Association School of Architecture, London winning the prestigious AA Diploma Prize Partner with Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
FOUNDATION
1979 Founded Zaha Hadid Architects
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Zaha Hadid, The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia IFF Hong Kong, China
2014 Zaha Hadid 360, DDP, Seoul, Korea
Zaha Hadid, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Zaha Hadid, World Architecture at Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen
2012 Zaha Hadid, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Zaha Hadid, Galerie Gmurzynska at Art HK, Hong Kong
Zaha Hadid, Beyond Boundaries, IvoryPress, Madrid, Spain
Zaha Hadid Design Gallery with Fudge Hair, London, UK
2011 Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Zaha Hadid: Une Architecture, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
2010 Zaha Hadid- Fluidity & Design, Bin Matar House, Muharraq, Bahrain
Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland
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2009 ‘Zaha Hadid’ at the Palazzo della Ragione, Padua, Italy
2008 Total Fluidity, Seoul, Korea
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA
2007 Zaha Hadid: Architecture & Design, Design Museum, London, UK
2006 Zaha Hadid, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2005 Zaha Hadid: Silver Paintings at the ROVE Gallery, London, UK
2004 Zaha Hadid Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey
2003 Zaha Hadid Architecture Exhibition at the MAK, Vienna
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Crest, Victoria & Albert Museum for the London Design Festival, London, UK
Women, Fashion, Power, Design Museum, London, UK
2013 Multiplicities Exhibition, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
Prima Installation at Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein Germany
2012 Parametric Tower Research AIT ArchitekturSalon, Cologne, Hamburg
Citco, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy
Aqua Window Installation, Dover Street market London (August)
Common Ground, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy
2007 Ideal House, IMM Cologne Fair, Cologne, Germany
Global Cities, Tate Modern, London, UK
Dune Formations, Scuola dei Mercanti. Venice Biennale
Lilas, Installation for the Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
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MAXXI: National Centre for 21st Century Art, CIVA, Brussels, Belgium
2006 25 Years of Art, Haro Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The Wallpaper* Global Edit, Salone, Milan, Italy
All the Best, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Seamless Collection, Philips de Pury, New York, USA
2005 25 Years of Art” Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Elastika installation for Art Basel, Miami, USA
Zaha Hadid: Silver Paintings at the ROVE Gallery, London, UK
2004 Metamorph Exhibition, Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy
2000 Temporary Structure for the Serpentine Gallery, London
Villa Medici Installation, Rome, Italy
ICA Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1992 Latent Utopias, Exhibition Design, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
AWARDS
2015 London Building Excellence Awards 2015, (Serpentine Sackler Gallery)
AJ 120 International Practice of the Year 2015, (Zaha Hadid Architects)
Gold Medal of Honour for services to the Republic of Austria (Zaha Hadid)
New Londoner of the Year, New London Architecture (Zaha Hadid)
IOC/IAKS Exemplary Sports Facilities Silver Medal (London Aquatics Centre)
WIRED’S 100 Europe’s most influential thought leaders 59/100 (Zaha Hadid)
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Louise Blouin Foundation Award (Zaha Hadid)
Announced as RIBA 2016 Royal Gold Medal winner (Zaha Hadid)
First Prize in the 2014 Emporis Skyscraper Awards (Wangjing SOHO)
2014 Arison Award by The National Young Arts Foundation (Zaha Hadid)
Architizer A+ Award (Heydar Aliyev Center) Innovative Design in Engineering & Architecture with Structural Steel (Broad Art Museum)
Structural Excellence Awards Hong Kong, Commendation of Merit (Jockey Club Innovation Tower)
RIBA National Award (London Aquatics Centre)
RIBA EU Award, (Library & Learning Centre, WU, Vienna)
CTBUH 2014 Best Tall Buildings Awards Finalist (JCIT & Wangjing Soho)
Design of the Year Award 2014 (Heydar Aliyev Center) UK Brick Awards, (Serpentine Sackler Gallery)
Restaurant & Bar Design Awards 2014 (Magazine Restaurant)
Honorary Degree: Doctor of Literature, University of London (Zaha Hadid)
New London Award 2014 (London Aquatics Centre)
British Construction Industry Award 2014 (London Aquatics Centre)
Elle Decoration British Design 2014 Award (Serpentine Sackler Gallery)
ACADIA (Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture)
Lifetime Achievement Award 2014 (Zaha Hadid)
Mies van der Rohe Award Nomination (London Aquatics Centre)
Mies van der Rohe Award Nomination (Library & Learning Centre, Vienna)
Best Public Space Award CIDA (China)
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2014 (Galaxy SOHO, Beijing)
Architectural Society of China CASC Silver Award (Galaxy SOHO, Beijing)
Honorary Key to the City of Miami by Mayor Tomas Regalado (Zaha Hadid)
2013 DLD13 ‘Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership’ (Zaha Hadid)
Veuve Clicquot 'Businesswoman of the Year’ (Zaha Hadid)
European Museum of the Year (Riverside Museum)
RIBA European Award 2013 (Pierresvives, Montpellier)
RIBA International Award 2013 (Galaxy SOHO, Bejing)
AIA Michigan Honor Award (Broad Art Museum)
BBC Women’s Hour Power 100 (Zaha Hadid) Arabian Business ‘100 Most Powerful Arab Women’ (Zaha Hadid ranked 4th)
New London Award 2013, (ROCA London)
RIBA Lubetkin Prize, Shortlisted (Galaxy SOHO, Beijing)
Best European Plant 2013, (BMW Leipzig)
Issam M. Fares Award for Excellence 2013 (Zaha Hadid)
Foreign Policy Magazine: Leading Global Thinkers 2013 (Zaha Hadid)
2012 Jane Drew Prize ‘Outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture’ (Zaha Hadid)
The Sunday Times ‘Makers & Shakers 1962-2012’ (Zaha Hadid)
Gulf Business Magazine Most Influential Arabs for 2012 (Zaha Hadid)
European Museum Academy Micheletti Award 2012 (Riverside Museum)
The Design Week Awards 2012 (Roca London Gallery)
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Zaha Hadid)
Architectural Record Magazine China Award ‘Best Public Project’ (Guangzhou Opera House)
‘Women of the Year 2012’ Glamour Magazine (Zaha Hadid)
Honorary President of the judging committee of FT/Citi Ingenuity Awards (Zaha Hadid)
Best Retail Space, FX International Interior Design Awards 2012 (Roca London Gallery)
Best of Year Award, Interior Design 'Beauty / Spa / Fitness' (London Aquatics Centre)
2011 American Institute of Architects UK Chapter Award (Guangzhou Opera House)
RIBA European Award (Evelyn Grace Academy)
RIBA Stirling Prize (Evelyn Grace Academy)
RIBA Award (Guangzhou Opera House)
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collab Design Excellence Award (Zaha Hadid)
Honourary Doctorate from the University of the Arts, London (Zaha Hadid)
Foreign Policy Magazine “Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2011” (Zaha Hadid)
Arabian Business Magazine “World’s 50 Most Powerful Arabs’ (Zaha Hadid) Newsweek Magazine ‘150 Women Who Shake The World’ (Zaha Hadid)
Huffington Post Game Changer 2011 (Zaha Hadid)
Outstanding Engineering Design Excellence (Guangzhou Opera House)
International Road Federation Award for Design (Sheikh Zayed Bridge)
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2010 Time Magazine’s “The World’s100 Most Influential People” (Zaha Hadid)
UNESCO Artist for Peace (Zaha Hadid)
RIBA Stirling Prize (MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts)
Structural Steel Design Awards, (Glasgow Riverside Museum of Transport)
Structural Steel Design Awards, (London Aquatics Centre)
Best Small Project Award, SEAOI, (Burnham Pavilion)
The Sunday Times ‘100 Top International Companies’ (Zaha Hadid Architects)
Innovation & Design Awards, Conde Nast, (MAXXI Museum)
The New Statesman ’50 People Who Matter 2010’, (Zaha Hadid)
Women of the Year’s Outstanding Achievement Award (Zaha Hadid)
Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Zaha Hadid)
WAF World Building of the Year, (MAXXI Museum)
Visionary of the Year, Harper’s Bazaar (Zaha Hadid)
Conde’ Nast Innovation & Design Award (MAXXI Museum)
2009 Architectural Digest (Spain) Editor’s Award (Zaha Hadid)
Innovation & Design Awards, Conde Nast, (Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion)
Praemium Imperiale, The Japan Art Association (Zaha Hadid)
DDI Awards (Neil Barrett Flagship Store)
The Sunday Times Fast-track 100 (Zaha Hadid Architects)
The Times ’50 People of the Decade’ (Zaha Hadid)
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2008 Maison & Objet Designer of the Year, 2008 Dedalo Minosse International Prize (BMW Central Building)
Honorary Degree from The Pratt Institute, New York City (Zaha Hadid)
Spirit of Achievement Award, New York City (Zaha Hadid)
Cityscape Architectural Award, Dubai (Signature Towers)
Chicago Athenaeum Award, Chicago (Maggie’s Centre, Fife)
RIBA European Award, UK (Nordpark Cable Railway)
Architektur und Tirol, Austria (Nordpark Cable Railway)
World Architecture Festival Prize Nomination (Nordpark Cable Railway)
RIBA Stirling Prize Nomination, (Nordpark Cable Railway)
Forbes 100 – World’s Most Powerful Women (#69)
2007 American Institute of Architects UK Chapter Award, (Maggie’s Centre)
Finalist, Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture, (Phaeno)
Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture (Zaha Hadid)
Scottish Design Award, Best Public Building, (Maggie’s Centre)
London Design Medal Outstanding Contribution for Design (Zaha Hadid)
Frame Magazine’s ‘Great Indoors’ Award, (Lopez de Heredia Winery)
Forbes 100 – World’s Most Powerful Women (#68)
2006 Honorary Doctorate, Yale University, USA (Zaha Hadid)
Honorary Doctorate, American University of Beirut (Zaha Hadid)
RIBA Medal, European Cultural Building of the Year (Phaeno)
RIBA Jencks Award (Zaha Hadid)
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American Institute of Architects UK Chapter Award (Phaeno)
Leading European Architects Forum, Best Structural Design (Phaeno)
Finalist, RIBA Stirling Prize (Phaeno)
Academician, The International Academy of Architecture (Zaha Hadid)
2005 Honorary Fellow of Columbia University, New York (Zaha Hadid)
Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (Zaha Hadid)
RIBA Award (BMW Central Building)
Deutsche Architecture Prize ‘Building of the Year’ (BMW Central Building)
Finalist RIBA Stirling Prize (BMW Central Building)
Gold Medal for Design, International Olympic Committee (Bergisel Ski Jump)
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Vienna (Zaha Hadid)
Designer of the Year, Design 05 Miami (Zaha Hadid)
2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize (Zaha Hadid)
2003 Mies van der Rohe Award: Terminus Honheim-Nord, Strasbourg
2000 RIBA Award: Mind Zone, Millennium Dome
1999 First Prize: Phaeno Science Centre Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
1997 First Prize: MAXXI: National Museum of XXIst Century Arts, Rome, Italy
1993 First Prize: Cardiff Bay Opera House, Cardiff, Wales
First Prize: Thames Water Habitable Bridge Competition, London
1982 British Architecture Gold Medal for Architectural Design: 59 Eaton Place, London
First Prize: The Peak Club Competition, Hong Kong
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