We look at the life and legacy of architect and designer Zaha Hadid

Des Breen looks back at the life and work of the internationally-renowned architect, who died suddenly last month. During her lifetime she created a lot of controversy and was the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize.

A genius or an arrogant diva? An inspiration or an idealistic visionary?

When she died from a heart attack in Miami in March, aged just 65, architect and designer Zaha Hadid left a divided opinion among the global designerati – she also left an assemblage of monuments worldwide, and many more projects that remained on the drawing board, never completed because of cost overruns and structural impracticalities.