In pictures: How V&A Dundee took shape

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Phil Turner's photograph provided the original inspiration for the museum's design

Dundee's V&A museum is celebrating its fifth birthday.

The tourist attraction is marking the occasion with a new exhibition charting the architecture and construction of the £80m building.

The exhibition includes images of the inspiration for the building's design and a history of the complex task of bringing Kengo Kuma's vision to life.

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Kengo Kuma's design for the building began with a sketch

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This model was exhibited with other shortlisted designs in 2010 before being chosen by a jury panel. Originally, the whole museum was positioned on the river, which later proved infeasible. Kuma kept the connection to the river by designing surrounding water pools.

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This test model shows the building's distinctive archway

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By March 2016 work had begun on the building's core, main hall and exterior walls

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One of the V&A's core buildings viewed from the top of the other, looking down into the main hall

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By December 2016 Formwork and falsework surround the building, supporting it until the roof steelwork was completed

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The museum's exterior walls are made from poured concrete, and 21 walls were built using 1,277 separate panels. Each one is a different shape.

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The public entranceway towards the stairway and main hall entrance, before the addition of timber planks to the walls is shown here from December 2016

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The building during construction in May 2017

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By December 2017, people could admire the building from the outside, but it would be another 10 months before they could see inside

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In February 2018, Kengo Kuma visited the construction site to see the completed building for the first time

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The building was illuminated on 14 September 2015 ahead of its opening the following day

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Hundreds of "birthday wishes" were placed on the water pools outside V&A Dundee to celebrate its fifth birthday

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