Architecture loses a legend with passing of pioneering designer Zaha Hadid
Ms. Hadid, 65, was, you see, one of those architects whose fame and impact extended well beyond architecture, design or building construction circles. She was in that exclusive class of groundbreaking architects whose influence extended outward, creating a global brand in the neighborhood of a Calatrava, Gehry, Piano, Pei, Foster, or Koolhaas…and of predecessors such as van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Kahn. Wright may claim a neighborhood all his own, but Hadid and the others were right up the street.
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