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31: 87:. The glass and steel roof is made up of 1,656 pairs of glass windowpanes; each of a unique shape because of the undulating nature of the roof. 60: 51: 98: 80: 38: 105: 21: 72: 30: 90: 42: 17: 76: 68: 79:(Engineers) covering the entire court and surrounds the original circular 84: 46: 83:
in the centre, now a museum. It is the largest covered square in
64: 29: 8: 59:, during the late 1990s. It was opened by 55:, commonly referred to simply as the 7: 28: 52:Queen Elizabeth II Great Court 49:was redeveloped to become the 1: 107:View showcase picture archive 81:British Museum Reading Room 124: 100:Suggest a showcase picture 34: 33: 73:Foster and Partners 67:. The court has a 61:Queen Elizabeth II 35: 75:(Architects) and 115: 123: 122: 118: 117: 116: 114: 113: 112: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 121: 119: 111: 110: 103: 71:glass roof by 43:British Museum 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 120: 109: 108: 104: 102: 101: 97: 96: 95: 94: 92: 86: 82: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 53: 48: 44: 40: 32: 23: 19: 18:Portal:London 106: 99: 88: 77:Buro Happold 56: 50: 37:The central 36: 69:tessellated 57:Great Court 39:quadrangle 22:Pictures 20:‎ | 91:more... 41:of the 85:Europe 47:London 16:< 65:2000 63:in 45:in 93:) 89:(

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Portal:London
Pictures

quadrangle
British Museum
London
Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
Queen Elizabeth II
2000
tessellated
Foster and Partners
Buro Happold
British Museum Reading Room
Europe
more...
Suggest a showcase picture
View showcase picture archive

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