Zaha Hadid was a British Iraqi architect described as the queen of the curve by the guardian of London. She has designed 950 projects in 44 countries along with her line of shoe designs. Every year since 2000 she has won an award. Hadid was very academic and taught successfully at Harvard graduate school of design. Her first major project was the Vitra Fire station build in Germany which was meant to resemble a bird in flight, featuring angled planes and large windows. Her style was influenced by Kazmir Malevich and Hadid's designs are characterised by movement and instability making her known as a deconstructructivist architect.