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Scotland on Sunday

Could Zaha Hadid be the Anna Wintour of architecture? Her formidable reputation as a tempestuous and tough-talking boss woman certainly puts her in the same league as the American Vogue editor. Like Wintour, the Iraqi-born 55-year-old is the most famous woman in her profession - and thus the most scrutinised. Hadid may not have been immortalised on screen yet, but her life story would make great film fodder. In this case, though, the devil wears Issey Miyake, designs sculptural bags for Louis Vuitton and creates buildings that look as though they belong to a time the rest of us have yet to arrive in.