Last October 31 marked what would have been Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid ’s 76th birthday, as well as the 10-year anniversary of her death. Rana Hadid, Hadid’s niece and chair of the trustees of the Zaha Hadid Foundation, said that the time is right for a proper celebration of her aunt’s legacy.

Last week, the Zaha Hadid Foundation reopened its doors at 10 Bowling Green Lane in Clerkenwell, the architect’s former headquarters. Meanwhile at the Architectural Association’s campus on Bedford Square, the foundation, together with the architecture school and the Serpentine, held a two-day symposium in Hadid’s honor. Titled “89 Degrees of Zaha Hadid,” the event celebrated her legacy, including talks on her beginnings in Baghdad and Beirut, her student years at the Architectural Association, and generally grand nature of projects and personality.…