Queen Elizabeth II Great Court (British Museum) (London)
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museum, architecture - Do not use this category, courtyard, interesting place
The central quadrangle of the British Museum in London was redeveloped to a design by Foster and Partners to become the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, during the late 1990s. It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. The court has a tessellated glass roof designed by Buro Happold covering the entire court and surrounds the original circular British Museum Reading Room in the centre, now a museum. It is the largest covered square in Europe. The glass and steel roof is made up of 4878 unique steel members connected at 1566 unique nodes and 1,656 pairs of glass windowpanes making up 6100m2 of glazing; each of a unique shape because of the undulating nature of the roof.
The place is located in British Museum
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Great_Court
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Coordinates: 51°31'9"N -0°7'36"E
- British Museum 0.2 km
- The Tower of London 3.5 km
- Old Truman Brewery 3.6 km
- The Victoria and Albert Museum 4 km
- Natural History Museum 4.4 km
- Horniman Museum and Gardens 9 km
- The National Maritime Museum 9 km
- RAF Museum, Hendon 12 km
- Iver Environment Centre 26 km
- Brooklands Museum 30 km
- St. Giles 0.5 km
- Bloomsbury 0.5 km
- Covent Garden 0.7 km
- Holborn 0.7 km
- Soho 0.9 km
- Strand 1.1 km
- Central London 1.2 km
- City of Westminster 2.7 km
- London Borough of Islington 3.3 km
- Camden Council 3.4 km
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