EXPERIENCE1950wasbornintheIraqicapitalBaghdadawealthy,enlightenedfamily.Herparentsbelievethateducationcanmakepeopleindependentandputalotofexpectationsintotheirdaughters.Thesonofherfather’slong-timefriendisagreatarchitect,thebrothermakesdeepinfluenceontheyoungHadid.EXPERIENCEShereceivedadegreeinmathematicsfromtheAmericanUniversityofBeirutbeforemovingtostudyattheArchitecturalAssociationSchoolofArchitectureinLondon.Aftergraduatingsheworkedwithherformerteacher,RemKoolhaasattheOfficeforMetropolitanArchitecture,becomingapartnerin1977EXPERIENCEItwaswithKoolhaasthatshemettheengineerPeterRicewhogavehersupportandencouragementearlyon,atatimewhenherworkseemddifficulttobuild.EXPERIENCEIN1980sheestablishedherownLondonbasedpractice.Duringthe1980sshealsotaughtattheAchitecturalAssociation.SheheldtheKenzoTangeChairattheGraduateSchoolofDesign,HarvardUniversity.Zarawasregardedasaarchitectwhosemostwokersarebuiltonthepaperuntilthelate1990s,theherworkswerebuiltintotherealobjectsEXPERIENCEIn2004HadidbecamethefirstrecipientofthePritzkerArchitecturePrize,architecture’sequivalentoftheNobelPrizeIn2006,HadidwashonoredwitharetrospectivespanningherentireworkattheGuggenheimMuseuminNewYorkIn2008,sheranked69thontheForbeslistof“TheWorld’s100MostPowerfulWomen”YINHESOHOXINAIPOHOTELCMCCCGMHeadquartersMuseumofTransportHoxtonSquareBurnhamPavillionSocialevaluationInmaledominationintheconstructionindustry,Hadidisabletoachievesuchabrilliantachievement,byalloftheiryearsofunremittingefforts.Theroadtosuccessisneverplainsailing.Hadidhassufferedalotofmajorsetbacks.Hadidwontheworldrecognitionoftheroad,istheheroofthestruggle.ZahaHatid'sdesignisthemostconvincingproofthatthebuildingoccupiesthefirstplaceinspacetoday.Originalityofheronthewalls,floorandroof,aswellasthosetransparent,intertwinedandflowingspaceprocessingvividlyprovedthatastheartofbuildingdidnotmakepeopleexhaustedstrength,whatitneedsisjustimagination.Socialevaluation“Idonotknowmynextbuildingwillbelike,butIwilltrynewwaystobeautymydesgin.Ialwaysinventsomeelementsinmyplans.Designingislikeartcreativity.Youdonotknowwhatispossibleuntilyouputitintopratice.Whenyouusesomeshapes,youwillfeelthatthebuildingbegintomove”