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The Opus; a legacy by Zaha Hadid


Located within the Burj Khalifa district of Dubai, the Opus by Zaha Hadid Architects will house the first ‘ME by Melia (one of the world’s leading hoteliers)’ hotel in the Middle East. The five-star property will become somewhat of a legacy, as it is the only hotel in the world to have been fully designed both inside and out by the late architect, Zaha Hadid in 2007.   …

Napoli Afragola Rail Station, Italy


The new rail station of Napoli Afragola is designed as one of southern Italy’s key interchange stations serving four high-speed inter-city lines, three inter-regional lines and a local commuter line. The interchange is the first phase of a larger development that will complete in 2022. Construction began in 2015 with the building inaugurated in 2017. Zaha Hadid Architects conceived the project as an ‘urbanized public bridge’ that connects…

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, Taiwan


Designed by Dutch architects Mecanoo, the architecture of the National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts (Wei-Wu-Ying) is inspired by the sinuous canopy created by clusters of banyan trees commonly found in the region. Designed with the subtropical climate in mind, the open structure allows the wind to blow freely through Banyan Plaza.     

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