Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win architecture 's Pritzker Prize . Her Aquatic Centre is considered the Olympic 's most important venue . Comment: She attributes her drive to past failures and the delirium of sleeplessness .
Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win architecture 's Pritzker Prize . Her Aquatic Centre is considered the Olympic 's most important venue . As a woman and non-British , Hadid still feels an outsider , but this sometimes works in her favor , she says . She attributes her drive to past failures and the delirium of sleeplessness .