The 12 Most Influential Buildings of 2019

The Opus, home to the Middle East’s first ME by Melia hotel, is designed as two separate towers that coalesce into a singular whole. It’s a cube with a carved-out central void, which is an important volume within the building in its own right. "The Opus will be aligned with Omniyat’s vision of treating each project as if it were a unique work of art," says Mahdi Amjad, Executive Chairman and CEO of Omniyat—a luxury real estate company. "The design conveys the remarkably inventive quality of ZHA’s work, expressing a sculptural sensibility that reinvents the balance between solid and void, opaque and transparent, interior and exterior."