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Infinitus Plaza / Zaha Hadid Architects
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OFFICE BUILDINGS
GUANGZHOU SHI, CHINA

Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Area : 185643 m²
Year : 2021
Area: 185643 m²

Infinitus Plaza / Zaha Hadid Architects Completed in 2021 in Guangzhou Shi, China. Images by Liang Xue. Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and...

Opus in Dubai, home to the ME Melia Hotel, has won the 2022 MUSE Hotel Award in the Architecture Design - Hotels & Resorts

The MUSE Hotel Awards' mission is to honour and raise the benchmark of the hotel business, hospitality and tourism industry.

Opus 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 two halves of the building on either side of the void are linked by a four-storey atrium at ground level and also connected by an asymmetric bridge 71 metres above the ground.

The cube’s double-glazed insulating facades incorporate a UV coating and a mirrored frit pattern to reduce solar gain, while the void is created from 4,300 individual units of flat, single-curved or double-curved glass. The high-efficiency glazing units are comprised of 8mm Low-E glass (coated on the inside), a 16mm cavity between the panes and 2 layers of 6mm clear glass with a 1.52mm PVB resin laminate.

During the day, the cube’s facade reflects the sky, the sun and the surrounding city; whilst at night, the void is illuminated by a dynamic light installation of individually controllable LEDs within each glass panel.

Furniture by Zaha Hadid Design is installed throughout the hotel, and the hotel’s bedrooms incorporate the ‘Vitae’ bathroom collection, designed by Hadid in 2015 for Porcelanosa, continuing her fluid architectural language throughout the hotel’s interiors.

https://www.zaha-hadid.com/2022/09/27/opus-wins-muse-hotel-awards/

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Top 10 Architects in the world;

1. Frank Lloyd Wright:
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed.
Born: 8 June 1867, Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 9 April 1959, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Artworks: Skyscraper Vase, Spindle Cube Chair, Side Chair, Taliesin Line of Decorative Wallpapers, Armchair, Design 105

2. Frank Gehry:
Frank Owen Gehry, CC is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles. A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned attractions.
Born: 28 February 1929 (age 88), Toronto, Canada
Artworks: Fish Lamp, Superlight Chair, Pito Water Kettle.
On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Serpentine Galleries, Dallas Museum of Art
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize.

3. Le Corbusier:
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture.
Born: 6 October 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died: 27 August 1965, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Artworks: Abstract Composition, Still Life Filled with Space.
On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

4. Zaha Hadid:
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid DBE RA was an Iraqi-British architect. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. She received the UK’s most prestigious architectural award, the Stirling Prize, in 2010 and 2011.
Born: 31 October 1950, Baghdad, Iraq
Died: 31 March 2016, Miami, Florida, United States
Artworks: Horizontal Tektonik, Malevich’s Tektonik, London.
On view: Serpentine Galleries, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, High Museum of Art
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Stirling Prize, Structural Steel Design Awards, Glamour Award for The Architect-In-Chief

5. Norman Foster:
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, HonFREng is a British architect whose company, Foster + Partners, maintains an international design practice famous for high-tech architecture.
Born: 1 June 1935 (age 82), Reddish, Stockport, United Kingdom
Projects: American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
Practice: Foster + Partners
Books: Rebuilding the Reichstag

6. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname.
Born: 27 March 1886, Aachen, Germany
Died: 17 August 1969, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Artworks: Barcelona chair, Brno chair, Armchair (MR20), Tugendhat chair, Court House, “Barcelona,” Model MR 90 Chair
On view: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Awards: Royal Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Twenty-five Year Award

7. Santiago Calatrava:
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums
Born: 28 July 1951 (age 66), Benimàmet, Valencia, Spain
Artworks: Infinite Spirit, Times Capsule, Il Dente, Eye, Fruit, Wave, Bou, Palme, Bird I, Torso
Awards: Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, AIA Gold Medal.

8. Louis Kahn:
Louis Isadore Kahn was an American architect, based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935.
Born: 20 February 1901, Pärnu, Estonia
Died: 17 March 1974, New York City, New York, United States
Projects: Center of Philadelphia, Urban and Traffic Study
Books: Louis Kahn: Essential Texts.

9. Renzo Piano:
Renzo Piano, OMRI, OMCA is an Italian architect and engineer. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.
Born: 14 September 1937 (age 80), Pegli, Italy
Education: Polytechnic University of Milan (1964)
Books: Logbook, Renzo Piano museums.
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Royal Gold Medal.

10. Philip Johnson:
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect. He is best known for his works of Modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his works of postmodern architecture
Born: 8 July 1906, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died: 25 January 2005, New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Books: Architecture 1949-1965, Deconstructivist architecture.
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Twenty-five Year Award