On March 31, 2016, the architecture world lost one of its most groundbreaking figures, Dame Zaha Hadid. Hadid was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1950 and moved to London in 1972 to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. She became the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004 and was awarded the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. Hadid's legacy is one of modernism, innovation and creativity, having designed structures around the world that transport viewers to the future. Readily inspired by science fiction, nature, mathematical equations and abstract paintings, Hadid designed notable projects such as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome and the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics. Hadid also served as a professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her works were included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Guggenheim Museum in Venice. In addition, her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, was founded in London in 1979 and was in charge of dozens of architectural projects around the world. Throughout her life, Hadid received numerous awards including the Praemium Imperiale (2009), the Order of the British Empire (2002) and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II (2012). She will be remembered for being a champion of change, both in the architectural world and in the world at large. She was 65 years old.