Prepared in collaboration with the architect's office, this comprehensive survey of over 200 projects - from the earliest experimentations to product design, from speculative follies to large-scale built works - is a testament to the depth, range and excitement of her vision. With signature sophistication in the design, and superbly creative structures, Zaha Hadid led her firm to create transformative, cultural, corporate and residential spaces that entered into complete synchronicity with their surrounding environment. Readers will recognize her built work-the Vitra Fire Station near Basel and the IBA Building in Berlin- and will welcome details of her competition entry for Chicago's ITT Building, and her winning design for the Cardiff Opera House.

This charmingly illustrated hardback picture book is a fantastic way to acquaint young readers with British Iraqi architect, artist and designer, Zaha Hadid. This delightful series (Little People, Big Dreams) introduces young readers to outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists. Inspiring read about a female architect who changed the norms of her industry and didn't let critics hold her back.A woman in a man's world, and a person of color in a white field, Zaha was met with resistance at every turn. With her spectacular vision and belief in the power of architecture, she founded her own firm and designed some of the most outstanding buildings in the world—including the London 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre. Also, the first woman, first Iraqi, first Muslim, and youngest person, to win the Pritzker Prize (that was in 2004). At the time of her unexpected death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among the elite of world architecture, recognized as the first woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, but above all as a giver of new forms, the first great architect of the noughties. A compelling picture book biography narrating Zaha Hadid's journey from a young girl obsessed with architecture to a ground-breaking, internationally-renowned, prize-winning architect!

Aaron Betsky is Dean of the Frank Lloyd School of Architecture, Taliesin West, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With almost 1000 projects across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas, Hadid's outstanding contribution to the architectural profession was acknowledged by the world's most respected institutions, having been recently included on Forbes' list of the 'World's Most Powerful Women'.She was an artist, as much as an architect, who fought to break the old rules and crafted her own 21st-century universe. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.