An inspiring picture book biography about British Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, who was a pioneer in her field against all odds, told by debut author-illustrator Victoria Tentler-Krylov.

Zaha Hadid: BMW Central Building, the seventh volume in the Source Books in Architecture series, provides a comprehensive look at this instant modern masterpiece.

For over twenty years, Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born, English-educated architect, has symbolised the vanguard of contemporary architecture. This book offers a complete overview of both her programmatic and aesthetic concerns.

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017 Parents’ Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator ...

"Zaha Hadid is an architect whose work experiments with spatial quality, extending and intensifying existing landscapes in the pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban scale through to ...

This is the first complete monograph on one of the world's most popular and important architects. Zaha Hadid's entire oeuvre - over 80 built and unbuilt works of the past 20 years - is collected in this volume.

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A celebrated author-illustrator presents a biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad. As a Muslim woman, Hadid faced many obstacles, but she went on to design buildings all over the world. Full color.

This volume includes photographs of two buildings, the Vitra Fire Station and LF One, and two exhibition installations; the result deepens our understanding of Hadid's designs.