One piece of architecture by Zaha Hadid that might be recognizable to many people is the London Aquatics Centre, home of the 2012 London Olympic Games swimming, diving, and synchronized swimming events.

The building holds two 50-meter pools and a 25-meter diving pool. It cost 269 million euros to build and was finished in 2011. Zaha Hadid won the bid to design this building in 2004, before London had won the bid to host the Olympics. Two years after the Summer Olympics, the building opened to the public. I like the exterior look of the building because both sides of the building are made to look like waves.