Brown stephen cook michael 2002.
British museum great court roof.
Designed by foster and partners the great court is a two acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world famous reading room in the middle.
The british museum london queen elizabeth ii great court.
At the centre of british museum sits the largest covered public square in europe the queen elizabeth ii great court.
The court has a tessellated glass roof designed by buro happold and executed by waagner biro covering the entire court and surrounds the original circular british museum reading room in the centre now a museum.
It s a favorite space of mine especially on a bright sunny day when the shadows and reflections are mesmerising.
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The design and manufacture of the british museum great court roof.
The great court at the british museum london wc1 opens december 7.
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He takes a business card and bends it into a segmented arch.
Within the space there are information points a bookshop and café.
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The glass and steel roof is made up of 4 878 unique steel members connected at 1 566 unique nodes and 1 656 pairs of glass.
Is enclosed by a spectacular glass and steel roof.
It is a hub at the centre of the museum complex providing modern galleries and education and visitor facilities including shops and a restaurant.
At its heart is the magnificent volume of the reading room now a major exhibition space which for the first time in its history is open to all.
The great court is entered from the museum s principal level and connects all the surrounding galleries.
Trustees of the british museum.
At the centre of the british museum is the great court the largest covered public square in europe.
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The roof of the great court is a triumph.
Sitting in the legendary reading room of the newly opened queen elizabeth ii great court at the british museum buro happold engineer stephen brown demonstrates the structural forces at work on the massive glass and steel roof which covers the two acre courtyard.
Foster is not the first archi tect to come up with plans for a glass roof here.
By opening up the lost.