British Musuem Great Court
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Great Russell street
London
United Kingdom
coordinates:
51.5195045 -0.1272011
Building names(s): British Musuem Great Court
Architect/Designer: Foster & Partners
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Completion date: 1999
Function: museum
getting there:
Underground Stations
Tottenham Court Road Tube (6 minutes)
Russell Square Tube (7 minutes)
Railway Stations
Euston Railway Station (17 minutes)
St Pancras Railway Station and Eurostar Terminal (19 minutes)
British Museum Architect: Sir Robert Smirke
Circular Reading room Architect: Sidney Smirke
Last modified: 30 June, 2011 | Suggested By LT
Although it seems that Foster’s answer to almost any problem is a glass dome with interesting geometry (Berlin’s Reichstag, London’s City Hall and Swiss Re ‘gherkin’), his glass-covered court at the British Museum is particularly compelling. Visitor numbers at the museum had swelled far beyond what the buildings were designed for, and the main galleries – which doubled as arteries as well as exhibition spaces – were crowded by visitors trying to get from A to B. While the Louvre in Paris solved its comparable problem by creating a new circulation space beneath its massive courtyard, topped by I.M. Pei’s pyramid, the British Museum has instead covered its rather smaller court, to create a magnificent central space leading directly into the galleries on each side.
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The expansive public space created by the glazed roof in the Great Court of the British Museum completely transforms the museum’s facilities and ambiance.