The Royal Theater of Rabat is an architectural performance itself, with devilishly difficult curves. It was a homecoming to a world the star designer loved.
Before the curtain rises, Morocco’s new Royal Theater of Rabat by the star architect Zaha Hadid suspends disbelief. On the banks of the Bou Regreg River, the design emerges like a wave, swelling and cresting over recital halls before dropping down to... [2404 chars]