Foster is not the first archi tect to come up with plans for a glass roof here.
British museum great court roof.
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.
By opening up the lost.
He takes a business card and bends it into a segmented arch.
The roof of the great court is a triumph.
Within the space there are information points a bookshop and café.
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.
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.
Trustees of the british museum.
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.
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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It s a favorite space of mine especially on a bright sunny day when the shadows and reflections are mesmerising.
It is the largest covered square in europe.
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Brown stephen cook michael 2002.
Enclosed under a spectacular glass and steel roof the court contains a number of sculptures from the museum s collection.
At the centre of the british museum is the great court the largest covered public square in europe.
The great court at the british museum london wc1 opens december 7.
The design and manufacture of the british museum great court roof.
Is enclosed by a spectacular glass and steel roof.
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The british museum london queen elizabeth ii great court.