Controversial architect says only the Scots truly appreciate her fresh angle on design

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / October 16

A controversial architect nominated for this year's Stirling Prize has chosen to work in Scotland as her talents have not been recognised elsewhere in Britain. Zaha Hadid, a Baghdad-born architect who came to the UK in the early 1970s, remains largely unknown in her adopted home despite designing some of the most innovative structures in Europe. She has never had a design completed in Britain, but two of her designs are about to come to fruition in Scotland. In Kirkcaldy, her design for Scotland's latest Maggie's Centre for cancer sufferers is almost complete, while work is under way on her replacement for the Glasgow Transport Museum. Hadid was nominated for the Stirling Prize for her Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany. The award was won by the Richard Rogers Partnership for the stunning new terminal at Madrid's Barajas Airport. Speaking about her nomination, she noted Scotland was the only part of Britain where her work had found acceptance.

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