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.
Great court british museum roof.
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.
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.
The great court is entered from the museum s principal level and connects all the surrounding galleries.
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Trustees of the british museum.
The british museum london queen elizabeth ii great court.
Is enclosed by a spectacular glass and steel roof.
At the centre of the british museum is the great court the largest covered public square in europe.
He takes a business card and bends it into a segmented arch.
Brown stephen cook michael 2002.
The british museum in the bloomsbury area of london united kingdom is a public institution dedicated to human history art and culture its permanent collection of some eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence having been widely sourced during the era of the british empire it documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
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.
It is a hub at the centre of the museum complex providing modern galleries and education and visitor facilities including shops and a restaurant.
The great court at the british museum london wc1 opens december 7.
This new public reference resource contains around 25 000 books catalogues and other printed material focusing on the world cultures represented in the museum.
Eye catching roof structure to allow the great court to be used throughout the year it is now totally covered with a stunning double glazed roof spanning 96 by 72 metres.
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.
Detail zeitschrift für architektur baudetail v.
The roof of the great court is a triumph.
70 july 2001 pp.
By opening up the lost.
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The design and manufacture of the british museum great court roof.
It is the largest covered square in europe.
Foster is not the first archi tect to come up with plans for a glass roof here.