Any consideration of The Museum of Art for the XXI Century or ‘MAXXI’ by Zaha Hadid in itself poses many questions; countless articles have been penned regarding the virtuoso pairing of Zaha Hadid as Architect and Patrick Schumacher as part writer, part code maker. Indeed the idea of architectural re-coding and encrytpion is a pursuit much favoured by this duo. An understanding of this, is sometimes necessary in order to engage at any level with the fully developed architecture that the practice now pursues. Significantly, this may also be the reason why Hadid’s practice yet to succeed in landing Architecture’s biggest Prize, the Stirling Prize in two years running.