--- title: Zaha Hadid: How the Architect First Rose to Fame description: The architect has died at 65 canonical: https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/ author: Lily Rothman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-31T15:59:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:22:26.041Z article:section: History og:title: How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame og:description: The architect has died at 65 og:url: https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfe7f763b6157a1/69888d2ee20a8776a3a90337/zaha-hadid-dead-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: HADID og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame twitter:description: The architect has died at 65 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfe7f763b6157a1/69888d2ee20a8776a3a90337/zaha-hadid-dead-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 31, 2016 3:59 PM UTC  Zaha Hadid poses in West Hollywood, Calif. on March 14, 2004. Zaha Hadid poses in West Hollywood, Calif. on March 14, 2004. Kevork Djansezian—AP  by [Lily Rothman](https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Mar 31, 2016 3:59 PM UTC Zaha Hadid, the world-renowned architect who [has died at 65](http://time.com/4277898/zaha-hadid-death/), made a name for herself with her bold designs and bold opinions. As Donna Karan [wrote](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685%5F1984745,00.html) of her in 2010, when Hadid was included in TIME’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, “she personified \[her\] work.” Hadid, Karan noted, “commands the space around her — not in an imposing way but in a way that seduces you with excitement,” and her work was “like a gust of wind — organic, forceful and utterly natural.” But her place as one of the most recognizable names in architecture did not come easily. When she started breaking into that world, especially as a woman born in Baghdad, her projects didn’t always pan out. As Hadid herself acknowledged in a 2012 [interview](http://style.time.com/2012/03/26/10-questions-with-zaha-hadid/), the world was different when her career began: “The view from the Establishment about architecture has changed since then,” she said. “The view about women has also changed. People now see the value in difference, not normative space.” In 1999, TIME’s Belinda Luscombe looked back at the beginning of that career and explained how Hadid’s emergence on the scene set her apart from her colleagues: --- > “” --- **_Read the full story, here in the TIME Vault:_** [She’s Gotta Build It](http://time.com/vault/issue/1999-04-05/page/76/) **_Read a 2012 interview with Hadid, here on TIME.com:_** [10 Questions with Zaha Hadid](http://style.time.com/2012/03/26/10-questions-with-zaha-hadid/) **_Read Donna Karan’s appreciation of Hadid, here on TIME.com:_** [Zaha Hadid](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685%5F1984745,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/"},"headline":"How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame","datePublished":"2016-03-31T15:59:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:22:26.041Z","description":"\"People now see the value in difference, not normative space,\" she said in 2012","url":"https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/","keywords":["remembrance","architecture","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfe7f763b6157a1/69888d2ee20a8776a3a90337/zaha-hadid-dead-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dfe7f763b6157a1/69888d2ee20a8776a3a90337/zaha-hadid-dead-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HADID","caption":"Zaha Hadid poses in West Hollywood, Calif. on March 14, 2004.","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/","name":"How Zaha Hadid First Rose to Fame"}}]}] ```