Zaha Hadid will present a pleated metal funnel at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 later this month (+ movie). More »

Zaha Hadid has completed a streamlined concrete and glass building for three government departments in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More »

Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid has denied her design for the London 2012 Aquatics Centre is to blame for the 600 tickets sold to Olympic spectators unaware they'll have a restricted view of the top diving events. More »

Dezeen Wire: house music DJ Roger Sanchez has named one of his latest tracks after architect Zaha Hadid. More »

Architect Zaha Hadid has been commissioned to design a limited edition speedboat for American art dealer Kenny Schachter (+ slideshow). More »

Dezeen Wire: The Telegraph interviews architect Dame Zaha Hadid on her career and her design for the Aquatics Centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games, with Hadid revealing that she hasn't been invited to the games: "“Not me, not a single member of my team has been invited to a single event in the pool or anything” - The Telegraph

Related: Zaha Hadid becomes a dame

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Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid said governments should not use austerity as an excuse for building cheap housing, hospitals and public buildings in an interview at the Cannes International Festival of Advertising this week - The Guardian

Hadid was made a dame for her services to architecture last week when the Queen’s 2012 Birthday Honours list was announced.

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Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's 2012 Birthday Honours list for services to architecture.

Jewellery designer Lara Bohinc has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the fashion industry.

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See our earlier story about Lara Bohinc's London store »

World Architecture Festival 2012: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of the XXI Century Arts is the focus of our next movie about the World Architecture Festival, as programme director Paul Finch explains why the jury unanimously voted for it to win the festival’s World Building of the Year award in 2010. More »

Milan 2012: in Milan earlier this month Zaha Hadid paid a surprise visit to Dezeen Studio at MOST to chat to us about her Secret Garden installation, some of the other projects she has in the pipeline and her impression of this year's furniture fair. More »

Dezeen Wire: Zaha Hadid's MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome could be closed after Italian culture and heritage minister Lorenzo Ornaghi began proceedings to have it placed under special administration – The Guardian

The museum has been severely hit by a 43% cut in government funding, with accounts for 2011 showing losses of €800,000 and losses over the next three years predicted at up to €11m.

See our previous story about MAXXI winning the 2010 Stirling Prize here and all of our stories about Zaha Hadid here.

Competition: we've teamed up with stationery brand Moleskine to give away four architectural monographs from their new series of books called Inspiration and Process in Architecture. More »

Dezeen Wire: architect Zaha Hadid is to design new headquarters for the Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad. More »

Zaha Hadid has become the latest in a string of architects to design a car park for Miami Beach. More »