The Louvre Abu Dhabi rises up off the coast of Abu Dhabi on the island of Saadiyat, which over the course of the next several years has been singled out to become the Saadiyat Cultural District, entirely dedicated to the arts and culture. The local government’s plans for the future also include the Zayed National Museum designed by Norman Foster, the Maritime Museum designed by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry and the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects. At the current time the museum, designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, is the only one to have been completed and was inaugurated in 2017.

For Mapei Technical Services working inside the Louvre Abu Dhabi proved to be quite a challenge due to the complexity of the project and the extreme atmospheric conditions. Mapei Technical Services worked very closely with the client, the designers and contractors to help solve the various problems as they came to light and find the best solutions. Mapei was contacted to propose high quality systems to prepare the substrates and to install marble slabs.

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Since opening in March 1993, the golf course at Hope Island has consistently ranked in Australia’s top ten resort courses. Host to the 1997 Johnnie Walker Classic and Qantas Legends Golf Classic, the course is both nationally and internationally renowned. Designed by five times British Open Champion, Peter Thomson, and partner, Mike Wolveridge, it is rated by Australian golfing legend, Peter Senior, as “one of the best championship links courses you’ll play”. An iconic course it forms the centrepiece of the Hope Island Resort located on the north shore of the Gold Coast, just 20 minutes from Surfers Paradise and 40 minutes from the Brisbane CBD.

Timber floorings for the club house and dining areas 100% oak, fully engineered and prefinished timber plank flooring was installed throughout the club house and dining areas. The floor-layers prepared the substrate by applying a moisture barrier with MAPEPROOF 1K TURBO, a solvent-free, rapid drying polyurethane surface membrane which is manufactured and distributed on the Australian market by Mapei Australia.

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This exclusive residential complex, designed by the famous architect Daniel Libeskind, rises up in the Mitte district of the German capital. Its silver and bluish façade sparkles like a sapphire. The complex is divided into 73 separate apartments, with balconies and elegant features and finishes. These include 3600 m2 of 2 and 3-layer engineered wooden flooring installed with a Mapei system that guarantees its functionality and durability, and also meets the requirements of the client who specified the use of certified, solvent-free products
with low emission of volatile organic compounds.

To guarantee the flatness of the substrates, they were primed with ECO PRIM T PLUS and then smoothed over with ULTRAPLAN ECO PLUS*. MAPETEX VLIES* isolating membrane was placed over the expansion joints to create a decoupled surface, before installing the wooden flooring with ULTRABOND ECO S940 1K one-component, solvent-free, sililated polymer-based adhesive.

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From 10 to 13 January, the latest edition of DOMOTEX, the world's leading showcase for carpets and floor coverings, again stood out as the industry's biggest, most pivotal hub for trends and innovations. A total of 35,000 attendees – 70% of them from abroad – were on hand for the four-day event to explore the latest trends, products and solutions presented by over 1,400 exhibitors from more than 60 different nations.

Mapei has always aimed at developing solutions which are functional, durable and reliable while meeting design requirements. What is your view on the combination of the world of aesthetics with design?

Mapei has always paid a lot of attention to the latest trends in construction materials and to all the requirements associated with these materials. In so doing, we are also able to propose specific lines of cutting-edge, reliable and professional products dedicated to the installation of new types of floor and wall coverings

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Types of coating and areas of use can change pretty quickly, in natural symbiosis with the development of the market and new trends. This results in evolution in their associated products, including epoxy grouts.
Easier to use than when they first appeared on the market and now also much easier to clean, epoxy grouts are the ideal solution in the case of aggressive acids.
We discussed the subject with our Technical Services Department by asking a few questions and reflecting on some of the issues raised. Click the link to know the discussion ! Klik disini