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Zaha Hadid reveals interiors for ME Dubai Hotel

News: architect Zaha Hadid has designed the interior for a hotel inside her Opus development in Dubai, which will feature sculptural balconies and her installation for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow).

ME Dubai hotel atrium by Zaha Hadid
ME Dubai Hotel atrium

Zaha Hadid's ME Dubai hotel is part of the development by property company Omniyat, situated in the Burj Khalifa district beside the world's tallest building.

ME Dubai Atrium Podium
ME Dubai Hotel atrium

The London-based architect has designed both the exterior of the building and the hotel's interior, including the Michelin-star restaurants and bars set to open within the space.

ME Dubai Reception
ME Dubai Hotel reception area

The 100-room hotel will include four penthouses with double-height living areas, bespoke furniture and access to private roof terraces.

ME Dubai Vertical Cafe Upper Ground Floor
Podiums at the ME Dubai Hotel cafe

Other guest rooms will also be designed in Hadid's signature curvaceous style, with sculptural walls, angular beds and fluid surfaces.

ME Dubai Entrance
ME Dubai Hotel entrance

The reception area is located beneath a glazed void, which splits the 95-metre-tall building in two.

Opus Hotel Bedroom
ME Dubai Hotel penthouse suite

A metallic feature reaching up one side of an atrium adjacent to the reception branches out to create balconies from each floor, extending onto the lower level to provide seating areas and space for a cafe.

Standard Suite at the Opus
ME Dubai Hotel bedroom

Glass spheres suspended to create a giant artwork will also hang beneath the atrium's glazed roof.

The OPUS Hotel Bedroom
ME Dubai Hotel bedroom

An installation commissioned by ME by Meliá Hotels International and designed by Hadid will be relocated from London's V&A museum, where it is being installed for this year's London Design Festival in September, to the hotel's grounds before it opens in 2016.

Opus Hotel Bedroom
ME Dubai Hotel bedroom

The Crest structure features steps down to the water, creating swooping lines around the edge of the pool and a minimal asymmetric bridge curving over the water, linking the two sides.

ME Dubai Crest
The Crest installation for the V&A's John Madejski Garden

"We envisaged a piece that would emerge from the fountain at the centre of the pool," Hadid told Wallpaper magazine. "The metallic surface will reflect the sky on one side and the rippling water on the underside."

An aerial view render of the Crest installation at the V&A John Madejski Garden
The Crest installation for the V&A's John Madejski Garden from above

London Design Festival visitors will be able to view the piece at the V&A's John Madejski Garden from 13 to 21 September.

The Opus exterior by day
Opus development exterior

"Crest animates and engages with the V&A's courtyard and we're looking forward to seeing the installation inhabited and enjoyed by visitors," said Hadid.

The Opus exterior at night
Opus development exterior by night

Hadid has also designed a hotel with an exposed exoskeleton for Macau, set to open shortly after the ME Dubai.