• 2. Sorting the profiles.
    2. Sorting the profiles.
  • 3. Fabricating the stars.
    3. Fabricating the stars.
  • 4. Fabricating the stars.
    4. Fabricating the stars.
  • 5. Inserting the gaskets.
    5. Inserting the gaskets.
  • 6. Inserting the stainless steel and rubber gaskets.
    6. Inserting the stainless steel and rubber gaskets.
  • 7. Preparing the stars for transport to the Louvre Abu Dhabi site.
    7. Preparing the stars for transport to the Louvre Abu Dhabi site.
  • 8. Lowering the top layers into place.
    8. Lowering the top layers into place.
  • 9. The net that allows the top layers to be fitted.
    9. The net that allows the top layers to be fitted.
  • 10. The cladding in place on the roof of Louvre Abu Dhabi.
    10. The cladding in place on the roof of Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Rain of Light roof - in pictures

Nick Leech

February 12, 2015

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7,850 stars will join together to form the eight layers of cladding that will envelop Louvre Abu Dhabi’s flying-saucer-shaped canopy, the 5,000-tonne steel structure that was lowered into its final resting place in December. Here’s the process of how these stars align. All photos by Silvia Razgova / The National

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