Opus By Zaha Hadid

Opus by Zaha Hadid sits in Business Bay, developed by Omniyat and completed in June 2023. The building contains ten fully furnished residences, each designed by Zaha Hadid Architects down to the furniture, and occupies one of the most recognisable structures on Dubai's skyline.

# The building and its place in Business Bay

The Opus is two glass towers joined by a cubic outer shell, with a void carved through the centre of that cube. It reads differently from every angle: part sculpture, part tower block, part optical puzzle. The four-storey atrium at ground level connects the towers internally and gives the building an unusual porosity for a structure of this scale.

Business Bay locates it well. The district runs along the Dubai Water Canal and sits immediately south of Downtown Dubai, with Sheikh Zayed Road to the west and Al Khail Road providing a secondary exit. The neighbourhood has matured considerably since its earlier commercial-heavy phase, and the canal-side stretches now carry a credible residential identity alongside the office density.

The Opus functions simultaneously as a residential address and a hotel. That dual programme shapes the building's service proposition, with hotel-grade concierge and hospitality infrastructure available to residents.

# Residences: layouts, scale and Zaha Hadid interiors

Ten units remain available across three bedroom configurations. One-bedroom apartments run from 1,075 sq ft to 1,178 sq ft, priced between approximately AED 5.12 million and AED 5.54 million. Two-bedroom residences sit at 2,569 sq ft and 2,661 sq ft, priced at AED 12.07 million and AED 12.51 million respectively. At the top of the range, a four-bedroom residence of 12,788 sq ft carries an asking price of AED 150 million.

Every unit arrives fully furnished. The interiors are Zaha Hadid designs: organic forms, curved wall treatments, custom furniture, and integrated lighting and control systems built into the headboards and bedside architecture. Kitchens are fully equipped with premium appliances. The aesthetic is consistent from the structural shell inward to the door handles, which is unusual for a furnished residential product and removes the usual compromise between developer specification and personal taste.

Service charges run at AED 34 per sq ft, which reflects both the quality of shared infrastructure and the operational complexity of a building that houses a hotel alongside private residences.

# Amenities within the building

The amenity provision reads as hotel-standard rather than purely residential. An outdoor swimming pool, spa facilities, a fully equipped gym, and fine dining restaurants and lounges are all within the building. The lobby and lounge serve both the residential and hotel populations. Concierge operates around the clock, and basement parking is included.

The co-location of hotel amenities with private residences is a double-edged arrangement: the service level is higher than a conventional residential tower, but the building has a more transient population than a purely residential address.

# Position relative to Downtown and the wider city

The Burj Khalifa stands 2.8 km away, approximately seven minutes by car. Dubai Mall is 5 km out and reachable in around nine minutes. Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 is 16.4 km, roughly a 17-minute drive under normal conditions. Safa Park is 5.5 km to the west, and Mercato Beach on Jumeirah Beach Road is about 15 minutes away.

Connectivity by road is straightforward. The proximity to both Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road means that travel times to most of the city's commercial and leisure districts remain manageable, and the airport sits well within the range that suits frequent international travellers.

# Who buys here, and what the Opus represents in the market

The ten available units serve a narrow buyer profile. At one-bedroom prices starting above AED 5.1 million for 1,075 sq ft, the per-square-foot figure reflects the Zaha Hadid provenance and the furnished specification rather than raw space value. The four-bedroom penthouse at AED 150 million is in a separate category entirely, competing with a handful of trophy assets in Dubai rather than with the broader Business Bay residential market.

The appeal is architectural and collectable as much as it is residential. Zaha Hadid's death in 2016 fixed the body of work; no new commissions are coming. Buildings she designed and delivered are a finite set, and the Opus is one of the most complete expressions of her practice at a residential scale. For buyers who prioritise that provenance, the building carries a distinction that square footage alone cannot replicate.