Summary: <br> A recording of the discussion at the Battle of Ideas 2016.<br> The architect Zaha Hadid, who died in March, was described in a CNN interview in 2013 as ‘one of the most celebrated – and divisive – designers on the planet’. In life, she was respected or reviled, but seldom ignored. She was a powerful woman in a man’s world, and an Arab at the top of the Western design industry. She was a designer of curves in a world of boxes and a leader in an age of consensus. What will be Zaha Hadid’s legacy? Is there still a place for risk-taking and experimentation? Is there anyone out there who can fill her shoes?<br> <br> CHAIR: AUSTIN WILLIAMS <br> associate professor in architecture, XJTLU University, Suzhou, China; director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Bookshop Barnies; founding member of New Narratives <br> IN CONVERSATION WITH: <br> DR PATRIK SCHUMACHER <br> principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture<br>
