• The Opus, scheduled to open in 2016, will also include serviced apartments.
    The Opus, scheduled to open in 2016, will also include serviced apartments.
  • The interiors express Ms Hadid's investigations into the concepts of fluidity and of seamless spatial flow.
    The interiors express Ms Hadid's investigations into the concepts of fluidity and of seamless spatial flow.
  • The entrance to the hotel.
    The entrance to the hotel.
  • The vertical cafe.
    The vertical cafe.
  • Reception area with the Burj Khalifa in the background.
    Reception area with the Burj Khalifa in the background.

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In pictures: Zaha Hadid-designed hotel in Dubai

The National staff

May 14, 2014

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The Middle East’s first ME by Melia hotel was designed by the Iraqi-British architect, and is part of the Dh2.5 billion Opus project commissioned in 2008 by local developer Omniyat. The project, in the Burj Khalifa district, is now more than halfway complete.

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