british-iraqi architect zaha hadid’s will has revealed that the much loved mind behind buildings such as the london aquatics center or the vitra fire station left behind a fortune of nearly seventy million pounds. a report by the guardian states that the architect, who passed away last march as a result of suspected heart failure, bequeathed a lump sum of £500,000 to her business partner patrik schumacher and £1.7m to her four nieces and nephews, as well as her brother haytham hadid.

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(above) image © gautier deblonde
(main) image © mary mccartney

 

 

born in bagdad in 1950, hadid studied mathematics before joining london’s architectural association in 1972. by 1979 she established zaha hadid architects and from that moment began to earn her name as one of the top creatives minds of her time. with a net value of £67,249,458, hadid has left her architectural practice in trust, giving her executors the power to distribute the income from her various business to a number of different parties. currently, her executors include business partner patrik schumacher, property developer peter palumbo, artist brian clarke, and her niece, rana hadid. 

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the vitra fire station in germany brought hadid into the international eye

 

 

in 2015, hadid became the first female architect to receive RIBA’s royal gold medal. over the years, the architect became renowned for fluid, futuristic and wildly ambitious projects whose structured silhouettes have changed the skyline of more than one city. often influenced by russian constructivism, some of hadid’s landmark works include the bergisel ski jump, vitra fire station, the guangzhou opera house and the serpentine sackler gallery.

 

find more coverage on the projects of zaha hadid here, and read designboom’s interview with the late architect here.

 

source: the guardian

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