The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center Baku, Azerbaijan

Zaha Hadid the First Woman to Win the Highest Prizes in Architecture Transitions at 65 — A Memorial in Photos of Her Most Iconic Buildings

Zaha Hadid was one of the most important architects of the 20th and 21st centuries. She shattered the glass ceiling in the architecture world's boys club. Born in Baghdad and raised in London, Hadid was the first woman to win architecture's highest prizes, the Pritzker as well as winning the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal. Sadly Hadid died today after having a heart attack in Miami. We remember her here through her life’s work which will live on in cities around the world for generations to come as.

The Dubai Opera House (Under Construction, Opening 2016)

Messner Mountain Museum Corones — Italy

Guangzhou Opera House — China

MAXXI — Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo — Rome, Italy

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower — Hong Kong

Glasgow Riverside Museum — Scotland

The Dongdaemun Design Plaza — Seoul, Korea

520 West 28th Street — New York

The Highline adjacent 520 West 28th street development is scheduled to open in early 2017

For even more of Zaha Hadid’s projects in development check out this piece from Curbed:

A Complete List of Zaha Hadid Architects's Unbuilt Designs
The architects at her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, played key roles creating many of her masterpieces, as well as…www.curbed.com