Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), born in Baghdad and based in London, was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize (2004). Her practice, Zaha Hadid Architects, produces buildings that challenge conventional geometry through fluid forms, acute angles, and dynamic spatial sequences. The catalogue holds 5 of their works across 5 cities in 3 countries.
The Vitra Fire Station (1993) in Weil am Rhein — razor-sharp concrete planes frozen in mid-explosion — was the first built work and remains a Deconstructivist landmark. The MAXXI museum (2010) in Rome threads gallery spaces through the site like concrete ribbons. The Bergisel Ski Jump (2002) in Innsbruck fuses infrastructure and sculpture. In Berlin, the IBA Housing (1993) tested Deconstructivist ideas at the domestic scale. The Argos residential building in Graz continues the investigation of angular, non-orthogonal living spaces.
