Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose fluid, futuristic designs were used in buildings across the world to widespread acclaim, has died of a heart attack at the age of 65, her company said on Thursday. Hadid's projects included the MAXXI museum in Rome, the London Aquatics Centre used in the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan, which was featured in the recently released Batman vs Superman. "She had contracted bronchitis earlier this week and suffered a sudden heart attack while being treated in hospital," said Zaha Hadid Architects.

"If you do public buildings ... it is very important to bring these magic moments which we find through buildings or landscapes, or when we look at something amazing."

Hadid also designed the Al Wakrah stadium being built in Qatar for the 2022 soccer World Cup.

In 2004 she became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the highest honor in the field and one of many honors bestowed on her across the world.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said she had served the world with her creativity. "With her loss, the whole world has lost one of the great energies that served society," he said in a statement.