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
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 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 Hotel reception area
The 100-room hotel will include four penthouses with double-height living areas, bespoke furniture and access to private roof terraces.
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 Hotel entrance
The reception area is located beneath a glazed void, which splits the 95-metre-tall building in two.
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.
ME Dubai Hotel bedroom
Glass spheres suspended to create a giant artwork will also hang beneath the atrium's glazed roof.
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.
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.
