Who is architect Zaha Hadid, asked Herbert Muschamp. “Born in Baghdad and long a resident of London, Hadid is 53. She has been my personal Alfred Hitchcock movie for roughly 20 years. At times, the suspense has been unbearable. Would Hadid become a builder? Or was she destined to remain celebrated as the designer of some of the greatest architecture never built? Hadid would get a big project, and she would lose it. She would get another big project, and she would lose it. She would be offered a show at a major museum, but would make such legendarily exotic demands that eventually the show would be canceled.”