Zaha Hadid has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture by the Japan Art Association. Hadid inherits the title from 2008 laureate Peter Zumthor. The other Praemium Imperiale laureates for 2009 are: Painting - Hiroshi Sugimoto; Sculpture - Richard Long; Music - Alfred Brendel; Theater/Film: Tom Stoppard. Bustler