  We will describe the LAUE project, supported by the Italian Space Agency,
whose aim is to demonstrate the capability to build a focusing optics in the
hard X-/soft gamma-ray domain (80--600 keV). To show the lens feasibility, the
assembling of a Laue lens petal prototype with 20 m focal length is ongoing.
Indeed, a feasibility study, within the LAUE project, has demonstrated that a
Laue lens made of petals is feasible. Our goal is a lens in the 80-600 keV
energy band. In addition to a detailed description of the new LARIX facility,
in which the lens is being assembled, we will report the results of the project
obtained so far.
