Comments on: The Opus by Zaha Hadid

By: Batguy

Batguy — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:36:42 +0000

I think that Zahas innovation is simple and amazing. Every single one of the people here writing kept there mouth open when they saw this building. Yes, I know, Zaha has greater architecture than this one, but it still amazes people, and innovates. This doesn’t means that its function and form dont have a relationship, of course it does, I mean she is a PRO-ARCHITECT, she knows perfectly this words and how to make them by the hand.
Oh and by the way, the building looks like if it where burned. Like if it where melting.

By: Olga

Olga — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:40:54 +0000

Before you start giving any comment to my post let me introduce myself : Senior Property Consultant, Omniyat Properties ( developer ), Dubai. The Opus is exclusivley designed for our company. Being a part of the sales team I can assure you that it is the most successful project on the market.It rocks! Not only because it has Zaha’s signature but also due to its office efficiency and quality – a true triple AAA commercial building.It can be yours at just 9000 USD per square meter

By: HAG

HAG — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:29:13 +0000

Martin Says:

It’s not my kind of architecture. Designing something merely because ‘it can be done’ denies the importance of the relationship between form and function. And that relationship should always be fundamental to a design.

if this rule its true, why de restorants dont have form a spaguetti, a hose form of bed, a office form of computer?

the mith of the international style, that the form must correspond with the function, dont allow more than euclidian pure geometries, and make a boring urban feel

every age have their styles, ther design concepts, their convictions, the modernism represent a plast age, like the romar architecture, or any past civilization

noe, today in te XIX century,the humans don’t hace right to use teir inventive to came out with ner designs proposals? according with this age?

By: ricardo

ricardo — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:19:19 +0000

many praise zaha but few people know how many people behind her really move the office. Yes she is amazingly talented but props to partner Patrick Schumacher and the rest of the almost slave young architects who are designing while ms hadid does the proper PR (which is also hard). I like her earlier work better

By: Drphibes

Drphibes — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:16:30 +0000

we are not sure about the inside, please make us believe that good form represents good plan.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:23:47 +0000

Architecture is not sculpture, and sculptors attempting to be architects should be put to death… but when an architect can incoporate a level of sculpture, god bless ‘em. I love that it is called vanguard, but still shows an elegant level of restraint. Even more impressive that level of restraint in Dubai.

By: Manuela

Manuela — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:20:07 +0000

I don’t think she’s bothered that you guys understand her work… she’s just too far ahead… it’s you/us who have to try and keep up!
no genius was ever recognized during his/her lifetime!
well done again zaha! keep it up!

By: GIO

GIO — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:35:46 +0000

Hi, I rely like and appreciate Zaha’s works but for this time the interior is much more interesting although some may say exterior is vanguard!!!!

PS. But I should confess that I really like the way she works, her works always carry some spirit of young architiecture and this is very importent today.

By: Marcos

Marcos — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:09:38 +0000

Hi! About the “few environmental considerations”, it’s not really true; they do care about it, has quiet all the buildings builded in the 2 past years and all comming one’s are HQE (some are even positiv, they product more energy that they use!); On an other hand creating island in the sea is far from respect to the environment!!! About the “cost”; you don’t really want to know, it would get you seek!

By: Eyad jouda

Eyad jouda — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:42:31 +0000

nooooooooo comment