11.406 ZAHA HADID

ZAHA HADID. IRAQI-BRITISH ARCHITECT. SHE WORKED WITH REM KOOLHAAS AND ELIA ZENGHELIS AT THE OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE, BECOMING A PARTNER IN 1977. IT WAS WITH KOOLHAAS THAT SHE MET THE ENGINEER PETER RICE WHO GAVE HER SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT EARLY ON, AT A TIME WHEN HER WORK SEEMED DIFFICULT TO BUILD. IN 2004 HADID BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE RECIPIENT OF THE PRITZKER IN 2006, HADID WAS HONORED WITH A RETROSPECTIVE SPANNING HER ENTIRE WORK AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN NEW YORK. IN 2008, SHE RANKED 69TH ON THE FORBES LIST OF "THE WORLD'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN". WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

10.372 PETER EISENMAN

10.363 FRANK GEHRY

FRANK GHERY CANADIAN-AMERICAN PRITZKER PRIZE-WINNING ARCHITECT. HIS BUILDINGS, INCLUDING HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE, HAVE BECOME TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. MUSEUMS, COMPANIES, AND CITIES SEEK GEHRY'S SERVICES AS A BADGE OF DISTINCTION, BEYOND THE PRODUCT HE DELIVERS. DECONSTRUCTIVISM IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS POST STRUCTURALIST. IN NATURE FOR ITS ABILITY TO GO BEYOND CURRENT MODALITIES OF STRUCTURAL DEFINITION. GEHRY CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC IN 1972 WITH HIS "EASY EDGES" CARDBOARD FURNITURE. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

10.319 JACQUES DERRIDA