Celebrated Architect Zaha Hadid Dies at 65

Mar 31, 2016, 04:03 PM

Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose modernist, futuristic designs included the swooping aquatic center for the 2012 London Olympics, has died at age 65.

Hadid's firm said she died Thursday of a heart attack in a Miami hospital.

Born and raised in Baghdad, Hadid studied in Beirut and London, where she based the architectural firm that bore her name.