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Architecture is particularly difficult for women there's no reason for it to be. I don't want to blame men or society, but I think it was for a long time, the clients were men, the building industry is all male.

Zaha Hadid

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Zaha Hadid
Age: 65 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 31
Died: 2016
Died: March 31
Architect
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Designer
Jewelry Designer
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Sculptor
University Teacher
Bagdad
Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Zaha M. Hadid
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As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.
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When I taught, all my best students were women.
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It was such a depressing time. I didn't look very depressed, maybe, but it was really dire. I made a conscious decision not to stop, but it could have gone the other way.
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Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.
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If I'm in london it can be different than if I'm somewhere else.
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For a woman to go out alone into architecture is still very, very hard. It's still a man's world.
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Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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Indeed, our designs become more ambitious as we see the new possibilities created by the technology of other industries.
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There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
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