Zaha Hadid is the most internationally renowned architect.She is the only woman to win the Pritzker Prize, the "Nobel" of architecture. Upon receiving the award in 2004, said:
There is a certain view of women architects, so that makes it difficult to deal with this concept and accept it. And I hope with this, things can change, because we talk too much about the fact that I am the first woman to do so. It may be that this will open the debate about why there are not enough seats for women in architecture ...