Zaha Hadid: queen of the curve – in pictures

An extraordinary wide-angle view of the Galaxy Soho in Beijing, showing the atrium and glazed skylight Photograph: Rex Features / View Pictures

The Evelyn Grace Academy in Brixton, south London Photograph: Luke Hayes

The Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow. The building is a tunnel-like shed, which is open at opposite ends to the city and the Clyde. It houses railroad, horse-drawn and two-wheeled vehicles down the ages Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

The interior of the Roca London Gallery in Fulham Photograph: Rex Features / View pictures

A twilight exterior of the Maxxi: National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome. It was completed in 2009 Photograph: Luke Hayes/Rex Features

The Pierresvives building in Montpellier, which is characterised by the unification of three institutions: an archive, library and sports department Photograph: Alamy

The Vitra fire station in Weil am Rhein, Germany Photograph: Alamy

An exterior view of the Guangzhou Opera House in China, next to which is the IFC tower Photograph: Dan Chung

The remarkable auditorium of the Guangzhou Opera House Photograph: Dan Chung

The Hoenheim-Nord terminus and car park in Strasbourg, France Photograph: Alamy

An exterior view of the Chanel Mobile Art Container in New York Photograph: Alamy / Arcaid Images

The opening party for Mobile Art in the Chanel Contemporary Art Container. Our architecture writer Rowan Moore voted it her worst creation Photograph: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

One of Zaha Hadid's railway stations in Innsbruck, Austria. The funicular railway transports passengers from the town centre to halfway up the mountain, from where they can join a second line that travels to the top
Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

One of Hadid's current projects nearing completion: the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/Getty Images

An elevated view of the Galaxy Soho in Beijing, which contains shopping and office complexes Photograph: Rex Features / View Pictures

The almost completed Sackler gallery at London's Serpentine, pictured this month Photograph: Luke Hayes/Serpentine Gallery