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