The Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, popularly called Grand Mosque by local residents, and is seen as a “globally unifying” landmark from its conception to completion, bringing together designers, features, materials and suppliers from nearly every corner of the globe: Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, Turkey, Iran, China, Greece and the UAE.

The Mosque has 1,096 columns in its exterior and 96 columns in the main prayer hall which are embedded with more than 20,000 handmade marble panels encrusted with semi-precious stones, including lapis lazuli, red agate, amethyst, abalone shell and mother of pearl. Furthermore, beautiful minarets standing 107 meters are built on the four corners of the Mosque.

Artificial lakes, totalling 7,874 square meters and laden with dark tiles, surround the Mosque, whilst coloured floral marble and mosaics pave the 17,000 square meter courtyards. The pools reflect the Mosque’s spectacular image, which becomes even more resplendent at night.

The work carried on over 2 years project duration, included the following:

• Removal of All marble tiles
• Replace the Mosaic damaged tiles
• Water Jet cut coloured mosaic tiles