2024-11-21T15:26:59-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150196448/new-photographs-of-zaha-hadid-s-striking-me-dubai-hotel-at-the-opus Alexander Walter 2020-05-06T15:38:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/717691738cce3e3db1d988a10d7abd6f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/zaha-hadid" target="_blank">Zaha Hadid Architects</a> just released spectacular photographs of the new ME Dubai hotel at the Opus, a high-rise steel and glass cube the studio designed with a dramatic 8-story void seemingly punched right through it. <br></p> <p>The building, centrally located in the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/223781/burj-khalifa" target="_blank">Burj Khalifa</a> district near Downtown <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/10250/dubai" target="_blank">Dubai</a> and Business Bay on the Dubai Water Canal, was the only hotel in which the late Zaha Hadid designed both the architecture as well as the interiors.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3b/3b99776d55ec6fda078ce74c8d9c93e9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3b/3b99776d55ec6fda078ce74c8d9c93e9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Laurian Ghinitoiu</figcaption></figure><p>"Spanning 84,300 square metres (907,400 square feet), the Opus was designed as two separate towers that coalesce into a singular whole&mdash;taking the form of a cube," explains the project description. "The cube has been &lsquo;eroded&rsquo; in its centre, creating a free-form void that is an important volume of the design in its own right. The two halves of the building on either side of the void are linked by a four-storey atrium at ground level and also connected by an asymmetric 38 metre wide, three-storey bridge 71 metres above the ...</p>