Azerbaijan II – Zaha Hadid

The late Zaha Hadid, was the architect of the Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre. Human rights groups had criticised the project, because of the eviction by force of families who had lived in the area. But a judge on the panel that awarded Hadid the London Design Museum’s 2014 Design of the Year Award, waxed lyrical "It is as pure and sexy as Marilyn's blown skirt." So there.

Here’s the sexy skirt and its creator:

This is not the first of Zaha Hadid’s buildings, to have been scandal-ridden. When asked about the 500 Indians and 382 Nepalese migrant workers who have reportedly died in preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect behind the  stadium responded: "I have nothing to do with the workers. I think that's an issue the government – if there's a problem – should pick up. Hopefully, these things will be resolved." There were problems in connection with a development in China as well.

But then again, architects often get their really big, exciting and most profitable projects from big money and powerful men, sometimes those wielding absolute power.