I AM NOT A BIG FAN OF 'STARCHITECTS' - OR THAT TERM FOR THAT MATTER. IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT THE WORK SPOKE TO YOU, INFLUENCED OTHERS AND MADE THE WORLD A BETTER BUILT PLACE. SHE DID ALL OF THOSE. SHE WAS BORN IN BAGHDAD IN 1950, RECEIVED A MATHEMATICS DEGREE FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN BEIRUT, AND AN ARCHITECTURAL DEGREE FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION IN LONDON. SHE WON THE PRITZKER PRIZE LAUREATE IN 2004. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF HER DESIGNS.
HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER, AZERBAIJAN (2007 - 2012)
VITRA FIRE STATION, GERMANY (1993)
MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)
MIDDLE EAST CENTER - OXFORD, ENGLAND (2014)
MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)
MESSNER MOUNTAIN MUSEUM - MT KRONPLATZ, ITALY (2015)