Gallery: Tracing the Legacy of Zaha Hadid, Architecture's Esteemed Anomaly

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    The Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, which won the London Design Museum’s Design of the Year award in 2014, embodies Hadid's signature, voluptuous, design aesthetic.
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    Helene Binet/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    Inside the Haydar Aliyev Center.
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    Iwan Baan/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    Again, inside the Haydar Aliyev Center.
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    Virgile Simon Bertrand/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The Guangzhou Opera House, in Guangzhou, China.
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    Inexhibit/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The Messner Mountain Museum, in South Tyrol, Italy, is built into the mountain. Two ends jut out, on opposite sides of the slopes, offering visitors views of the valleys below.
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    Amanda Large & Younes Bounhar/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The Jockey Club Innovation Tower, in Hong Kong.
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    Virgile Simon Bertrand/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    In Seoul, the Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
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    Christian Richters/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    Vitra-Fire-Station-Weil-am-Rhein-Germany-photo-Christian-Richters.jpg

    In 1993, Hadid's work on the Vitra Fire Station in Weil Am Rhein, Germany, catapulted her to fame.
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    Hufton Crow/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The London Aquatics Center, seen here, is another swooping shape by Hadid. It evokes the shape of a stingray.
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    Hufton Crow/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The London Aquatics Center, again, seen from the inside.
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    Helene Binet/Zaha Hadid Architects
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    The BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany.
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