Award-winning architect Dame Zaha Hadid cut short an interview with Radio 4 after being questioned on mortalities during the construction of the Qatar World Cup stadium she designed.
A Radio 4 interview discussing Zaha receiving a 2016 Riba Royal Gold Medal was drawn to an abrupt close after Today programme presenter Sarah Montague enquired about worker conditions in Qatar, quoting an ITUC figure that an estimated 1,200 workers have died constructing the World Cup infrastructure.
Hadid, the designer of the Al-Wakrah stadium for the 2022 World Cup abruptly, said: “There haven’t been any problems; I have to put you right, there.”
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Source: The Drum
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