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Yas Hotel’s Sweeping Grid-Shell Element Lights Up at Night with More Than 5,000 Custom LED Lights

The Yas Hotel, on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, was conceived as two towers connected by a bridge and united by a stunning glass and steel grid-shell element.

The hotel’s sweeping grid-shell element, built by Austrian specialist Waagner-Biro, illuminates at night using more than 5,000 custom LED fixtures and a sophisticated control system, the result of an intensive design effort by Arup Lighting, who was engaged by Asymptote to create a lighting solution for both the iconic canopy and the hotel’s exterior.

This extraordinary project is described in detail in an article I wrote for Architectural SSL Magazine here.

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Craig DiLouie

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