Zaha Hadid Architects' Guangzhou Opera House for 2011?

The long-awaited Guangzhou Opera House designed by Zaha Hadid Architects is progressing. May it be completed in 2011? This is a good question. Whenever it will be completed, some images of the progress of the construction can help us having an idea of this 70,000 sq. m. project.

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera Housing, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou Architects, © Zaha Hadid Architects. Construction Photography © Virgile Simon Bertrand

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou Architects, © Zaha Hadid Architects. Construction Photography © Virgile Simon Bertrand

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects. Construction Photography © Virgile Simon Bertrand

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House, Zaha Hadid Architects, Gangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House — Render, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Guangzhou Opera House — Render, Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou, China, © Zaha Hadid Architects

Project Data:
Program: 1,800 seats Grand theatre, entrance lobby; lounge, Multifunction hall, other auxiliary facilities; support premises
Client: Guangzhou Municipal Government
Size: 70,000 sq. m
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Local Architects: Guangzhou Pearl River Foreign Investment, Architectural Designing Institute (Guangzhou, China)
Structural Engineers: SHTK (Shanghai, China), Guangzhou Pearl River, Foreign Investment Architectural Designing Institute
Facade: KGE Engineering (Zhuhai, China)
Location: Guangzhou, China
Status: ongoing

Video, renders, courtesy © Zaha Hadid Architects
Construction Photographs courtesy © Virgile Simon Bertrand