Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years did not execute almost any projects, despite the critical acclaim she received. Some said her bold, futuristic designs were unfeasible. In the later years of her life, her daring visions became reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and buildings like the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, hailed by the New York Times as "the most important new building in America since the Cold War," and the MAXXI Museum in Rome. In China, the Guangzhou Opera House and the Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London were also iconic projects of hers. With her sudden death in 2016, Hadid was recognized among the elite of global architecture, as the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the RIBA Gold Medal, but above all as a creator of new forms – the first great architect of the 2000s. From her early angular buildings to her later more fluid architecture which integrated floors, ceilings, walls, and furniture into a coherent design, this essential introduction showcases key examples of her groundbreaking practice. She was as much an artist as an architect, striving to break old rules and create her own 21st-century universe.