The Opus is Zaha Hadid's last Dubai project — begun during her lifetime and completed by Zaha Hadid Architects after her death in 2016. Delivered 2020. Architecturally, the object is a 70×70×93-metre cube with an organic 'void' — a curved cavity carved through the building's centre. This void is one of Dubai's most recognisable architectural details of recent years.
The structure combines several programmes: ME by Melia hotel (93 keys, opened 2018), 65 residence apartments, office spaces, ground-level retail and several restaurants (including RoKo). The architectural language is full Zaha Hadid: flowing lines, no right angles, organic spatial intersections. Mirror cladding on certain surfaces creates a 'disappearing' effect under particular lighting.
All 65 residence interiors are by Zaha Hadid Design (the firm's interior studio). Every apartment receives custom design elements: flowing-form furniture, luminaires sketched by the studio, fixtures with non-standard profiles.
Location: Business Bay, 7 minutes from Downtown and Burj Khalifa. Pricing: 1BR from 2.5M AED, 2BR from 4M, 3BR from 8M, penthouses from 25M. Yields 5–7% — above the Business Bay average thanks to architectural interest.