Opera House to be Built in Dubai Designed by Zaha Hadid

Dubai is to build an opera house and two museums to reflect the 'cultural side' of the rapidly growing emirate, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum said.

The opera house, which has been designed by Baghdad-born architect Zaha Hadid, the first woman winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, will be built on an island in Dubai's Creek area.

It will feature two libraries and a school for music, and an outdoor theatre, as well as a marina and a luxury hotel, WAM said.

One of the two planned museums will be dedicated to art while the other will be multidisciplinary, it added.