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Ski Jump, Innsbruck ]] Born in Baghdad , Iraq , she received a degree in Mathematics from the American University Of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School Of Architecture in London . After graduating she became a partner at the Office For Metropolitan Architecture , working with her former teacher, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas . In 1979 she established her own London-based practice. During the 1980s she also taught at the Architectural Association. Much of Hadid's work has been conceptual, but realized projects include:
She has also undertaken some high-profile interior work, including the ''Mind Zone'' at the Millennium Dome in London. One current project is for the 20,000-seat Aquatics Centre for London , one of the new venues being constructed for the 2012 Summer Olympics . A winner of many international competitions, a number of Hadid's winning designs were never built: notably, The Peak Club in Hong Kong (1983) and the Cardiff Bay Opera House in Wales (1994). In 2002 Hadid won the international design competition to design Singapore's One-north masterplan. In 2005 , her design won the competition for the new city casino of Basel , Switzerland . In 2004 Hadid became the first female recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize . Previously, she had been awarded a CBE for services to architecture. She is a member of the editorial board of the Encyclopædia Britannica . EXTERNAL LINKS
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