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British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004, loves complexity, as is borne out by her outstanding creation in Montpellier called ‘Pierres Vives’ (Living Stones). This impressive ship of a building, measuring 200 metres long and 25 metres tall and, with its sloping façades, resembling something out of a science fiction film, is designed to house the archives, a media library and offices of ‘Hérault Sport’ association for the Hérault department. ‘Pierres Vives’ sits at the heart of the eponymous new district northwest of the city of Montpellier in the Hérault department of southern France, as a bold architectural statement for the region. ‘The project’s three component part... More