HOUSE LEDGER · MM-INDEX-2025-PER-002INAUGURAL ADMISSION · SEASON 01 (2025)
Zaha Hadid
An architect who widened civic and cultural form and opened a path for women in global architecture. This record covers built work, exhibitions, teaching, and major prizes. In admitting Hadid, we keep a standard for authorship, scale, and public imagination in women’s culture.
Women’s Culture Scope
Authorship. Impact. Endurance. Record.
Identifiers
VIAF: 95748872
ISNI: 0000 0001 2144 3589
Wikidata: Q47780
House Ledger ID: MM-INDEX-2025-PER-002
Admission: Inaugural Class · Season 01 (2025)
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Iraqi-born British architect. First woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Known for museums, bridges, cultural venues, and urban projects. This entry focuses on built work and recognized projects; unrealized proposals are cited for influence only.
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1993: Vitra Fire Station completed from earlier conceptual drawings.
2004: Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded.
2000s–2010s: Major civic and cultural commissions completed internationally.
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Retrospectives and permanent collections at design institutions. Teaching influence recorded through studios and lectures. Public reception and debate noted in contemporaneous press.
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Pritzker laureate materials; museum catalogues and drawings; architectural journals; city records and project archives; long interviews.
Change Log
2025-10-05. Admitted as part of the Inaugural Class (Season 01). Editor of record: Office of the Editor. Last reviewed: 2025-10-05.
