--- title: Zaha Hadid: Google Doodle Honors Visionary British Architect description: Google honored Dame Zaha Hadid on Wednesday with a Doodle depicting the Iraqi-British architect in front of the Heydar Aliyev Center canonical: https://time.com/4799013/zaha-hadid-google-doodle/ author: Ryan Kilpatrick article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T08:04:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:27.246Z og:title: Google Doodle Honors Visionary Architect Zaha Hadid og:description: Hadid is remembered as one of the world's most-renowned architects og:url: https://time.com/4799013/zaha-hadid-google-doodle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce4401900e30b071/6988cf7abc6cfc4c563e1984/celebrating-zaha-hadid-6269828326227968-2x.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 818 og:image:height: 460 og:image:alt: celebrating-zaha-hadid-6269828326227968-2x og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Google Doodle Honors Visionary Architect Zaha Hadid twitter:description: Hadid is remembered as one of the world's most-renowned architects twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce4401900e30b071/6988cf7abc6cfc4c563e1984/celebrating-zaha-hadid-6269828326227968-2x.png?branch=production&width=818&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Google Doodle Honors Visionary Architect Zaha Hadid > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ryan Kilpatrick](https://time.com/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick May 31, 2017 8:04 AM UTC  Google by [Ryan Kilpatrick](https://time.com/author/ryan-kilpatrick/) ## Ryan Kilpatrick May 31, 2017 8:04 AM UTC Google honored Dame [Zaha Hadid](http://time.com/4277849/zaha-hadid-1999-profile/) on Wednesday with its latest [Doodle](https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-zaha-hadid) depicting the Iraqi-born British architect in front of the Heydar Aliyev Center that she designed in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Doodle marks the date that Hadid became the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize on May 31, 2004\. The [world-renowned architect](http://time.com/4277912/zaha-hadid-dead-10-questions/) also became the first woman awarded the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Hadid, who [died of a heart attack ](http://motto.time.com/4278414/zaha-hadid-quotes/)last year at age 65, designed ground-breaking visionary buildings that spanned the globe. Her designs include the London Olympics Aquatics Center, Glasgow’s Riverside Museum, the Jockey Club Innovation Tower in Hong Kong, Guangzhou Opera House, the Port Authority Building of Antwerp and Salerno Maritime Terminal. In each of the far-flung cities that now host one of her projects, Hadid drew inspiration from the local culture and surrounding landscapes: from the wavelike London Aquatic Center to the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, which was inspired by Islamic calligraphy and geometric patterns. ### See Zaha Hadid’s Most Awe-Inspiring Buildings  Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Hufton+Crow—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Helene Binet—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Messner Mountain Museum in Plan de Corones, Italy. Inexhibit/Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany. Helene Binet—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  London Aquatics Centre in London. Hufton+Crow—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  London Aquatics Centre in London. Luke Hayes—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Jockey Club Innovation Tower, at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Doublespace/Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Guangzhou Opera House in Guangzhou, China. Virgile Simon Bertrand—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  The Phæno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany. Werner Huthmacher—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Evelyn Grace Academy in London. Luke Hayes—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Vitra Fire Station in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Christian Richters—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Galaxy Soho in Beijing. Hufton + Crow—Zaha Hadid Architects  Nordpark Railway Stations in Innsbruck, Austria. Werner Huthmacher—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Roland Halbe—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Chanel Mobile Art Container in New York City. Arcaid/UIG/Getty Images  MAXXI Museum in Rome. Richard Bryant—Arcaid/Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  Oxford University Middle East Centre at St. Antony's College in Oxford, U.K. Luke Hayes—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  DDP in Seoul. Virgile Simon Bertrand—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects  DDP in Seoul. Virgile Simon Bertrand—Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects In 2002, Hadid was awarded a CBE, and in 2010 TIME Magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world in its TIME 100 issue. On the future of architecture, [she told](http://time.com/4277946/zaha-hadid-future-architecture/) TIME: “For excuses that are valid — like the recession — there has been a return to very banal and conservative ideas in architecture,” she said. “It’s not like people will come back in 40 years and say these buildings are terrible. We know that now. And that is a tremendous shame considering the progress we’ve made in terms of ideas and innovation in technology, material, fabrication and construction. 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