The Opus Brochure
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life transformed into art the art of the opus Dubai is a constantly evolving, Our projects invent the future, 24/7 city that is itself a unique define lifestyles in the region and concept. The Emirate is a create exciting opportunities for living example of HH Sheikh our customers. We drive to invent Mohammed bin Rashid Al a new level of expectation and Maktoum’s vision, energy and deliver on that seamlessly. Our inspiration to create an urban significant market knowledge, model of excellence. This is experience and intuition have reflected in every fiber of the qualified us to push the boundaries city’s personality, from the of what is possible in the real diversity of its nationalities, to estate sphere. Differentiation is its progressive attitude towards everything, and we deliver that business and lifestyle. The most because intelligent innovation is evident manifestation of Dubai’s part of our genetic structure. vitality and ambition is the real estate landscape. We are proud In the future, we’d like to see to be a part of that panorama ourselves as bespoke experience and play our role in turning the builders in the hospitality industry, leadership’s vision into tangible crafting inventive solutions for products of great value. global trendsetters. Our journey to that end started in 2005, and The Omniyat’s real estate concepts Opus is a significant landmark in do not merely provide our passage to excellence. interesting real estate spaces. Mahdi Amjad Executive Chairman & CEO, Omniyat 04 05 the art of architecture The Opus. An extraordinary for all ages and cultures: the work of art, created by one of international traveller and local the world’s most brilliant minds, residents, the highly mobile, the thinkers and visionaries in tempo knowledgeable, the discerning, with the ambitious, the daring, and both multinational and and those with no limits. An national enterprises. icon of architectural distinction in downtown Dubai and a Liveable, workable and playable destination in its own right 24 hours, ‘the building that within the recently minted Burj never sleeps’ represents a Khalifa district, dubbed premium lifestyle, the inspiring ‘a city within a city’. An imprint, and surprising offer, and a lasting legacy for future cosmopolitan encounters generations, and the first foray afforded by its location. into Dubai by the world-famous It ensures a perfect balance architect Dame Zaha Hadid DBE. between multicultural service, allure for both local and global The epitome of the artistry of visitors, business opportunities, architecture, it’s where luxury, relaxation and one-of-a-kind indulgence and vision converge. accommodation, accentuated Infused with state-of-the-art by a ‘depth’ of experience like technology and local idioms, the no other, thanks to a carefully cube structure – ‘eroded’ by a sculptured perception of sensuous curvilinear void which morning, noon and night activity. is flooded with light by night – is a cosmopolitan draw-card 06 07 zaha the art of revolutionary A visionary architect, her futuristic sculptural creations exploration run the gamut of design – from large-scale urban architecture hadid Dame Zaha Hadid DBE, one of to interiors, furniture and the most respected and lauded exhibition spaces – winning her architects of our time, was a plethora of awards. In 2004, born in Baghdad in 1950 into she became the first woman a bourgeois intellectual family. recipient of the prestigious After completing her studies Pritzker Prize, often referred in Switzerland and Beirut, she to as ‘the Nobel Prize of moved to London where she Architecture’. In addition to graduated from the venerable her architectural and design i believe Architectural Association work, Hadid is a gifted artist School of Architecture in 1977. and has exhibited at New In 1980, after working with York’s Guggenheim and MoMA. former professor Rem Koolhaas She was also recently named at The Office for Metropolitan UNESCO Artist for Peace and Architecture in Rotterdam in honoured as a ‘Thinker’ in the Netherlands, she established TIME magazine’s annual list, the London-based Zaha Hadid The 100 Most Influential People Architects. in the World. in the fantastic 08 09 Projects by Zaha Hadid MAXXI: Museum of XXI Century Arts MAXXI supercedes the notion of the museum as ‘object’ or – presenting a field of buildings accessible to all, with no firm boundary between what is ‘within’ and what is ‘without’. Central to this new reality are confluent lines – walls intersecting and separating to create interior and exterior spaces. 10 11 Projects by Zaha Hadid Galaxy Soho, Heydar Aliyev Cultural City of Dreams Serpentine Sackler Beijing Centre, Azerbaijan Hotel Tower, Macau Gallery, London Galaxy Soho, Beijing by Zaha Hadid Architects The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center is a A 40-story luxury hotel for Macau’s premier Zaha Hadid Serpentine Sackler Gallery in has been shortlisted for this year’s Lubetkin Prize 619,000-square-foot building complex in leisure and entertainment destination known as London’s Hyde Park, offers a vivid, architectural by the Royal Institute of British Architects. Baku, Azerbaijan and noted for its distinctive “City of Dreams.” The design combines dramatic antidote. The headline feature of Hadid›s SOHO China’s Galaxy SOHO is a large architecture and flowing, curved style that public spaces and generous guest rooms with renovation and extension of the 215-year-old development comprising a compelling mix of eschews sharp angles. The Heydar Aliyev Center innovative engineering and formal cohesion. building is the languid lily-white roof of the new office and retail space. With a total gross floor represents a fluid form which emerges by the Development of the new hotel at City of Dreams gallery›s café and social space. The Serpentine area of 328,204 square meters, the development folding of the landscape’s natural topography commenced in 2013. The project is expected to Sackler Gallery consists of two distinct parts, is located on a 50,000 square meters lot in central and by the wrapping of individual functions open in early 2017. namely the conversion of a classical 19th century Beijing. The lower three levels of Galaxy SOHO of the Center. An internationally recognized brick structure – The Magazine – and a 21st house public facilities for retail and entertainment. architectural work, the building of the Heydar century tensile structure. Built from a glass-fibre The levels immediately above provide work spaces Aliyev Center has become a signature landmark of textile, the new tensile structure forms a free- for clusters of innovative businesses. The top of modern Baku due to its innovative and cutting- flowing white canopy that is supported by five the building is dedicated to bars, restaurants and edge design. The building was nominated for tapered steel columns and outlined by a frameless cafés that offer views along one of the greatest awards in 2013 at both the World Architecture glass wall. avenues of the city. Festival and the biennial Inside Festival, and won the award in 2014 for the Design of the Year by London’s Design Museum. 12 13 From an ancient trading port iconic state-of-the-art structures with a prosperous pearl industry, and ambitious waterfront whose golden shores were developments constantly break dotted with dhows returning records. From the world’s most from the Far East, laden with luxurious hotel, the Burj Al Arab silk and porcelain, to the to the world’s largest artificial cosmopolitan metropolis it archipelago, The Palm Islands, welcome is today, Dubai is where the visible from the moon. opulence of Arabia converges with a western sensibility and It boasts tax-free shopping; the 21st-century affluence, creating world's largest shopping mall; an extraordinary ambience a burgeoning arts scene; vibrant to unlike anywhere else on earth. nightlife; world-class restaurants; white-sand beaches with crystal- One of the fastest-growing clear blue waters; an enormous cities in the world, the emirate indoor ski-facility; and, annually, dubai state grew from little more it plays host to the richest than a dusty desert town to the horse race in the world. Dubai ‘Manhattan of the Middle East’ isn’t just a city – it’s a lifestyle. in just 50 years. An architect’s And there’s never been a more playground, with a ‘bigger, exciting time to grab on and better, bolder’ attitude, its enjoy the ride. the art of dubai an introduction building 14 15 The rapidly emerging, recently Downtown Dubai, the ‘city within landscaped gardens, paths minted Burj Khalifa district in a city’ that lies below the tallest and canals. Excellent transport burj the heart of Dubai is the city’s man-made structure in the world links include a sophisticated new Central Business District – the remarkable Burj Khalifa metro system – automated and (CBD). This considerable project skyscraper – is distinguished driverless – with dedicated is inspired by the vision of His by state-of-the-art technology, stops on the Red Line. The line Highness Sheikh Mohammed inherent throughout. runs from Al Rashidiya to Jebel bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ali and provides a direct line khalifa Vice-President and Prime Minister The mixed-use district, composed to Terminals 1 and 3 of Dubai of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai. of commercial, residential, International Airport. hotels, entertainment, shopping Located between Ras Al Khor and leisure elements, is set in and Sheikh Zayed Road within open green spaces dotted with district the heart the location burj khalifa district of the city 16 17 the centrepiece of downtown dubai the BurJ Khalifa (preVious page) is The Dubai Mall (top) is the world’S The Dubai Fountain (bottom) is the the centrepiece of Downtown Dubai. largest shopping mall by total world’S largest choreographed AT 828 M (2,717 ft), it is the tallest area.