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Guangzhou Opera House, China

Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House, completed in 2010, remains the most technically challenging biomorphic building of its decade. Its two pebble-like structures—a 1,800-seat auditorium and a 400-seat hall—feature double-curved surfaces that required 8,000 uniquely shaped granite panels, each cut with a CNC machine to a tolerance of just 3 millimetres.

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Guangzhou Opera House, China

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