COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
187249
imageid
187249
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
generalView
imagetitletype
generalView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Round Reading Room with new outer wall (supporting glass roof) and stairs wrapping around the base
imagetitle
Round Reading Room with new outer wall (supporting glass roof) and stairs wrapping around the base
View Title
false
Date of View:
5/3/2007
imagedate
5/3/2007
Date of View
false
Image description:
The Round Reading Room, was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke (Robert Smirke's brother),1854-1857; at 140 feet (43 m) in diameter it was then the second widest dome in the world, the Pantheon in Rome being slightly wider.
imagedescription
The Round Reading Room, was designed by the architect Sydney Smirke (Robert Smirke's brother),1854-1857; at 140 feet (43 m) in diameter it was then the second widest dome in the world, the Pantheon in Rome being slightly wider.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module SEVEN
collection
Addition Module SEVEN
Collection
false
Culture:
British
culture
British
Culture
false
Subject:
Museology
subject
Museology
Subject
false
Work Types:
Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; museums
worktypes
Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; museums
Work Types
false
Work Types:
building divisions; rooms and spaces; entrance spaces; lobbies
worktypes
building divisions; rooms and spaces; entrance spaces; lobbies
Work Types
false
Preferred Title:
British Museum, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
worktitle
British Museum, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
B¿ro Happold (British structural engineering firm, founded 1977); Foster + Partners (British architectural firm, founded 1967; renamed ca. 1999)
workagentdisplay
B¿ro Happold (British structural engineering firm, founded 1977); Foster + Partners (British architectural firm, founded 1967; renamed ca. 1999)
Agent Display
false
Date:
ca. 1997-2000 (creation)
workdatedisplay
ca. 1997-2000 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
steel; glass; stone
workmaterialdisplay
steel; glass; stone
Materials
false
Technique:
construction (assembling)
worktechniquedisplay
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
Measurement:
6,100 m2 (area, glass roof)
measurementdisplay
6,100 m2 (area, glass roof)
Measurement
false
Alternate Title:
British Museum Great Court
titletext
British Museum Great Court
Alternate Title
false
Locations:
British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom
locations
British Museum, London, England, United Kingdom
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Style/Period:
Twenty-first century
styleperiod
Twenty-first century
Style/Period
false
Classification:
Architecture
classificationterm
Architecture
Classification
false