Architecture

                                    The Opus Hotel, Dubai The Opus in Dubai by Zaha Hadid Architects , a mixed-use building formed of conjoined towers with a irregular void in the middle, is almost ready to open. The building is centrally located in the Burj Khalifa district near Downtown Dubai and Business Bay on the Dubai Water Canal. Its construction began on 2010 and was handover in 2018 . The Opus is a mirrored glass building occupied by a hotel, offices, serviced apartments and several restaurants.  The Opus is the  only hotel building which has both the interior and exterior designed by the late Zaha Hadid . The building appears to be a giant cube with an amorphous hole pushing through its center, although it is in fact a pair of towers connected at the top and bottom to create the void effect. The most characteristic feature of the hotel is its "giant irregular void" that lin...

Nepal’s First Architect   Ar.Gangadhar Bhatta ‘Haluwe’    ● Gangadhar was Born on 30th April 1936. He was nicknamed ‘Bachhu’ by his family.  ● He earned his B.Arch. degree from Calcutta University after doing his I.Sc from Trichandra College and S.L.C from Padmodaya High School in Kathmandu.  ● Bhatta became the first man in Nepal to obtain an architectural degree and joined the Bhawan Bibhag soon after.  ● Gangadhar chose to study architecture in place of engineering as it would have been expected considering that the latter profession was more firmly established and better viewed as a reputed one ● He is considered as “The founder of modern architecture in Nepal”. He said, “The day I stop being modern, I might as well stop being an architect.”  ● He also believed that every item in nature has a purpose as he was an admirer of Frank Lloyd Wright. ● He won the first prize of Rs.5000 in the open design competition for the Rashtriya Panchayat Bhavan. ● H...