Although Cupp panders to Middle America and rails against liberal and coastal elites, she herself is one of the latter. She was born in California, raised in Massachusetts, graduated from Cornell, and lives in New York City.
Born in Baghdad, Iraq in 1950, Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win a Pritzker Architecture Prize.Her work experiments with new spatial concepts and encompasses all fields of design, ranging from urban spaces to products and furniture.Born: October 31, 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. Education: Zaha Hadid worked at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with her former teachers, Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis. 2  In 1979, Zaha Hadid opened her own practice, Zaha Hadid Architects.
The opening words of the citation when Zaha Hadid was named as the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture in 2004 were: âHer architectural career has not been traditional or easyâ.An understatement.hen Hadid graduated in 1977, Koolhaas offered her a job as a partner in his and Elia Zenghelisâs new firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. But she didnât last long there. Koolhaas described her at the time as âa planet in her own orbitâ.