Trustees of the british museum.
British museum great court roof.
Within the space there are information points a bookshop and café.
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Brown stephen cook michael 2002.
By opening up the lost.
Is enclosed by a spectacular glass and steel roof.
The design and manufacture of the british museum great court roof.
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.
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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.
Enclosed under a spectacular glass and steel roof the court contains a number of sculptures from the museum s collection.
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.
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.
Foster is not the first archi tect to come up with plans for a glass roof here.
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He takes a business card and bends it into a segmented arch.
British museum great court roof using structdrawrhino another stunning innovative structure that has inspired similar projects since.
The roof of the great court is a triumph.
It s a favorite space of mine especially on a bright sunny day when the shadows and reflections are mesmerising.
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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.
At the centre of british museum sits the largest covered public square in europe the queen elizabeth ii great court.
It is the largest covered square in europe.
At the centre of the british museum is the great court the largest covered public square in europe.
The british museum london queen elizabeth ii great court.