The World Is Not a Rectangle by Jeanette Winter

Eventually, her designs are built all over the world.

Working past the initial rejection and discrimination she faces, Zaha grows her firm from one room to an entire building. She then sets to work planning and designing what the world has never seen: buildings conceived after the shapes and patterns of nature. Zaha studies math, then leaves home to study architecture in London. She designs her own clothes, wonders at the ruins in her homeland, and dreams of designing cities. Zaha Hadid, a native of Baghdad, grows up admiring nature and patterns. Review Quotes A visionary architect from Iraq gets well-deserved attention in Winters new picture-book biography about a woman of courage whose ideas and persistence influenced the world. Determined to succeed, she worked hard for many years, and achieved her goals-and now you can see the buildings Hadid has designed all over the world. But as a Muslim woman, Hadid faced many obstacles. After studying architecture in London, she opened her own studio and started designing buildings. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and dreamed of designing her own cities. Book Synopsis A Washington Post Best Childrens Book of 2017 Parents Choice Rmended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architects life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. As a Muslim woman, Hadid faced many obstacles, but she went on to design buildings all over the world. About the Book A celebrated author-illustrator presents a biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad.

The World Is Not a Rectangle by Jeanette Winter