Zaha Hadid was an Iraqi-British architect known for her pioneering deconstructivist designs. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Hadid studied mathematics and then architecture, working for Rem Koolhaas before establishing her own London-based practice in 1980. Throughout her career she received many awards, including the Stirling Prize multiple times, for buildings like her MAXXI museum in Rome. Hadid was inspired by fluid landscapes and sought to challenge expectations with exciting yet raw designs.