A planet in her own orbit

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Man is still building but a woman is leading the way forward today.

FLASHLIGHTS pop and stifled gasps ripple around the opulent suite in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong. We sit up and strain our necks. It’s the sort of response movie stars would elicit.

But the packed press conference last Wednesday was not held for a movie star, it was for Zaha Hadid, the Baghdad-born British architect who is leading an exciting revolution in building.

Actually, in the world of architecture, she is a star: As the first woman in 26 years to receive architecture’s highest award, the Pritzker Prize, Hadid is big news. Read More