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I've always been interested in combining architecture with a social agenda, and I really think you can invest and be inventive with hospitals and housing.

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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Jewelry Designer
Painter
Sculptor
University Teacher
Bagdad
Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid
Zaha M. Hadid
Hospitals
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Housing
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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The world is looking more and more segmented, the difference between people is becoming greater.
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I am quite sensitive to politics, because you know, as an Arab, an Iraqi, all your life, you are very conscious of it.
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Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
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You have to really believe not only in yourself you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
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I used to not like being called a 'woman architect.' I'm an architect, not just a woman architect. The guys used to tap me on the head and say 'you're OK for a girl.' But I see an incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it can be done, so I don't mind anymore.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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Yes, I'm a feminist, because I see all women as smart, gifted and tough.
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People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
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In terms of form, all the projects interest me equally, although there are obviously large differences according to the scale and process of each project.
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