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| Zaha Hadid criticises 'misogyny' among UK architects | Zaha Hadid criticises 'misogyny' among UK architects |
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| Award-winning architect Zaha Hadid has hit out at British attitudes toward female architects. | Award-winning architect Zaha Hadid has hit out at British attitudes toward female architects. |
| Hadid, the creator of London's Olympic Aquatic Centre, told the Observer she had faced "more misogynist behaviour" in London than elsewhere in Europe. | Hadid, the creator of London's Olympic Aquatic Centre, told the Observer she had faced "more misogynist behaviour" in London than elsewhere in Europe. |
| "I have noticed it is easier for me in European countries than it is here. In the UK it is more difficult. They are very conservative," said Dame Zaha. | |
| But she added there were also people "who were incredibly supportive". | But she added there were also people "who were incredibly supportive". |
| Her comments follow research by the Architects Journal which flagged up issues of inequality in the industry. | Her comments follow research by the Architects Journal which flagged up issues of inequality in the industry. |
| She told the Observer that it was often assumed women were better suited to residential properties or leisure buildings, rather than large commercial projects. | She told the Observer that it was often assumed women were better suited to residential properties or leisure buildings, rather than large commercial projects. |
| "The idea is that they will prefer to deal with a single client, rather than with corporations or developers." | "The idea is that they will prefer to deal with a single client, rather than with corporations or developers." |
| "I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper. I don't think it is only for men," she countered. | "I am sure that as a woman I can do a very good skyscraper. I don't think it is only for men," she countered. |
| 'Drift off' | 'Drift off' |
| She described the industry as "male-dominated" and hit out at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) failure to keep women in the industry. | She described the industry as "male-dominated" and hit out at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) failure to keep women in the industry. |
| "When I taught. all my best students were women. Then they all drift off." | "When I taught. all my best students were women. Then they all drift off." |
| Dame Zaha grew up in Iraq before leaving to study abroad at the age of 17. | Dame Zaha grew up in Iraq before leaving to study abroad at the age of 17. |
| Her buildings include the Bridge in Zaragoza, Spain, the Riverside Museum at Glasgow's Museum of Transport, and Guangzhou Opera House in China. | Her buildings include the Bridge in Zaragoza, Spain, the Riverside Museum at Glasgow's Museum of Transport, and Guangzhou Opera House in China. |
| In 2010, her practice won the Stirling Prize for the Maxxi contemporary art museum in Rome. | In 2010, her practice won the Stirling Prize for the Maxxi contemporary art museum in Rome. |
| The following year she won the same prize for the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, beating the favourite for the title, the London 2012 Olympic velodrome. | The following year she won the same prize for the Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, beating the favourite for the title, the London 2012 Olympic velodrome. |