It is April 1st, still, and yet this is not an April Fool joke – sadly, tragically, one of the world’s most influential architects, Zaha Hadid, has died at age 65. And yes, she was also a woman. She was also British, phlegmatic, born in Iraq, educated at the AA in London, and reputedly an absolute tyrant to work for, but she was, undoubtedly, a most…
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Newsflash – the RIBA have just awarded the Gold Medal to Zaha Hadid. Fantastic news – she’s one of my heroes. Totally brilliant, totally mad, totally British, totally uncompromising, totally scary. Fantastic woman, fantastic architect – and fantastic also that this is the first time ever that the RIBA, traditionally a collection of crusty boring old men, has crowned a woman with the Gold Medal. I…
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