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British Museum
British Museum
The huge glass covered ceiling of the great court at the British museum is hugely impressive. It is the largest covered public square in Europe, a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room at its centre.
The roof covers an area of 6,000m2 and weighs 800 tonnes (478 tonnes steel / 315 tonnes of glass).
The 3,312 panels of glass are screenprinted with small dots on 50% of their surface - a technique called 'fritting'. The fritting filters ultraviolet rays and reduces solar gain.
The courtyard is 96m long (length of façade of Buckingham Palace) x 72m wide equivalent to the size of Wembley football pitch
British Museum
British Museum
The huge glass covered ceiling of the great court at the British museum is hugely impressive. It is the largest covered public square in Europe, a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room at its centre.
The roof covers an area of 6,000m2 and weighs 800 tonnes (478 tonnes steel / 315 tonnes of glass).
The 3,312 panels of glass are screenprinted with small dots on 50% of their surface - a technique called 'fritting'. The fritting filters ultraviolet rays and reduces solar gain.
The courtyard is 96m long (length of façade of Buckingham Palace) x 72m wide equivalent to the size of Wembley football pitch