Dubai UAE

Housing the new ME Dubai hotel, the Opus is an A+Award-winning design that explores the balance between solid and void, opaque and transparent, interior and exterior. Spanning 84,300m2 the Opus building was designed as two separate towers that coalesce into a singular whole—taking the form of a cube. The cube has been ‘eroded’ in its centre, creating a free form void that is an important volume of the design in its own right. The void’s 6,000m2 facade is created from 4,300 individual units of flat, single-curved or double-curved glass, which incorporate a UV coating and a mirrored frit pattern to reduce solar gain. This emphasizes the clarity of the building’s orthogonal form, while simultaneously dissolving its volume through the ever-changing reflections and transparency. #themepark#zoo#nationalpark#lakes