Dubai Wonder ‘the OPUS’ by Omniyat Wins Global Design Award

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Published April 18th, 2019 - 05:47 GMT

Mahdi Amjad, Omniyat’s CEO and Executive Chairman

Highlights

INTERNATIONAL FAME - DAME ZAHA HADID’S OPUS HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

The Opus by Omniyat, located in Dubai has been honoured with one of the world’s top design awards, the ‘Award of Excellence’ by The Council on Tall Buildings & Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The Opus, designed by world-renowned Iraqi-British architect, Dame Zaha Hadid was chosen from a shortlist of a several designs.

The award will be handed to Omniyat’s Peter Stephenson, Executive Director of Development, when he presents to this year's CTBUH Tall + Urban Innovation Conference in Shenzhen, China, in April.

“It is a great honour to be awarded with this accolade. This award celebrates the legacy of the late Dame Zaha Hadid, who has left an important mark on UAE’s design landscape. The award is also a testament of Omniyat’s commitment to innovation and uniqueness, which has made a positive impact on our business, our industry and the region,” said Mahdi Amjad, Omniyat’s CEO and Executive Chairman.

At the annual CTBUH Tall + Urban Innovation Conference, Peter Stephenson from Omniyat will present to the audience in attendance key insights that made Opus a distinguished winner at the Awards. CTBUH Tall + Urban Innovation Conference explores and celebrates the very best in innovative tall buildings, urban spaces, building technologies, and construction practices from around the world. The event brings a critical cross-section of tall building owners, developers, occupiers, operators, designers, engineers, and builders – along with the interested public – to investigate the cutting-edge in sustainable urbanism, presented by the world’s foremost examples.

“It takes a lot of people to develop a project like The Opus,” Mahdi Amjad said. “I’d like to congratulate the entire team for working together and supporting each other to make this happen,” he added.

As a visually-striking development, The Opus is an architectural wonder made of engineering at its most impressive. Located at Dubai’s Burj Khalifa district, the structure combines a variety of residences and design hotel operated by the leading hotelier group ME by Melia Hotels International.

The CTBUH Tall Building Awards are an independent review of new projects, judged by a prestigious panel of experts. The Awards aspires to provide a more comprehensive and sophisticated view of these important structures, while advocating for improvements in every aspect of performance, including those that have the greatest positive impact on the individuals who use these buildings and the cities they inhabit.

Background Information

Omniyat Property

We approach the design, development and management of each Omniyat property as if it were a unique work of art. Just as there is no mistaking a Picasso or a Van Gogh, there is no mistaking that you are anywhere but in an Omniyat property. We nurture and maintain close partnerships with the world’s leading architects, engineers, interior designers and artists. It’s how we create beautiful and inspiring built environments – living canvases of residential, commercial, hospitality and retail spaces – that offer an inimitable premium experience.