British - Architect | October 31, 1950 - March 31, 2016
When you are overworked and exhausted, there is a sense of kind of delirium and that's why I think architects do all-nighters and they kind of do those deadlines. For four days I remember doing four nights in one row with no sleep. I mean nobody, unless you are crazy, would do that, but you are totally focused on the project.
Zaha Hadid
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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
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I was always unusual-looking; I wouldn't say beautiful.
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It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.
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In hospital, people should be able to have time to themselves.
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I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
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Women are always told, 'You're not going to make it, its too difficult, you can't do that, don't enter this competition, you'll never win it,' - they need confidence in themselves and people around them to help them to get on.
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I'm a pushover. I make allowances for people if I like them.
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Like men, women have to be diligent and work hard.
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As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.
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I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.
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