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Zaha Hadid designs first project for her native Iraq
The Baghdad-born architect returns to her roots to design the new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq
Zaha Hadid returns to her roots to design the new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq.
Zaha Hadid returns to her roots to design the new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq. Full details of the plans for the project are likely to be kept secret, as the key objective of the commission is that the Baghdad-born architect's designs should be able to withstand terrorist attacks.
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Zaha Hadid (Photography © Jason Schmidt)