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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.
The british museum london queen elizabeth ii great court.
The design and manufacture of the british museum great court roof.
The great court at the british museum london wc1 opens december 7.
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 great court is entered from the museum s principal level and connects all the surrounding galleries.
Enclosed under a spectacular glass and steel roof the court contains a number of sculptures from the museum s collection.
By opening up the lost.
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Foster is not the first archi tect to come up with plans for a glass roof here.
At the centre of the british museum is the great court the largest covered public square in europe.
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.
The roof of the great court is a triumph.
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.
Is enclosed by a spectacular glass and steel roof.
British museum great court roof using structdrawrhino another stunning innovative structure that has inspired similar projects since.
Brown stephen cook michael 2002.
It is the largest covered square in europe.
Within the space there are information points a bookshop and café.
At the centre of british museum sits the largest covered public square in europe the queen elizabeth ii great court.
It is a hub at the centre of the museum complex providing modern galleries and education and visitor facilities including shops and a restaurant.
He takes a business card and bends it into a segmented arch.