The late Zaha Hadid featured on Iraqi postage stamps

The late Zaha Hadid featured on Iraqi postage stamps

Zaha Hadid’s architectural legacy has been honoured by the Iraqi postal service by featuring her on a new stamp using an image created by montaging two separate portraits. While the picture of her face was taken shortly before her death, when she was awarded the 2016 Royal Gold Medal for architecture, the image of her outfit forms part of a portrait shot by Time Magazine in 2010. This image of her is accompanied by drawings of her projects, including the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, and her scrapped design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium. The Iraq-born architect, who died earlier this year aged 65, is one of two architects honoured on the country’s new postage stamps, along with Mohamed Makiya, who passed away last year at the age of 101.