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Designed by Foster and Partners, the Great Court is a two-acre space enclosed by a spectacular glass roof with the world-famous Reading Room in the middle. The 6 December 2020 marked 20 years since the redesigned Great Court was opened.
May 9, 1991 · The roof is a practical, economical structure and its form has emerged from the usual rigorous analysis and option-testing design method that mark Foster’s modus operandi. But perhaps it is also subtly symbolic.
Sep 22, 2015 · Foster, who turned 80 this year, is unrelenting in producing architectural solutions to problems that other architects can only theorize - just last Wednesday, for example, his firm released...
May 16, 2023 · Architecture. Add to myFT. Norman Foster: ‘The older I get, the more I realise it’s not about the building but about the city’. The architect behind landmarks such as London’s Gherkin...
To allow the Great Court to be used no matter what the weather, it is covered with an undulating glazed roof. It has no visible supports to detract from the restoration of the classical facades around it. Instead it spans the gap between the facades and the drum of the Reading Room as a self-supporting structure.
May 17, 2023 · Published on May 17, 2023. With a career spanning across continents and over six decades, the work of the renowned architect Norman Foster is nothing short of extraordinary. His creative...
Jan 20, 2020 · British architect Norman Foster recalls the challenges of designing the UK's pioneering high-tech art gallery, in this exclusive video interview filmed by Dezeen as part of our high-tech...
