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The British Museum - Great Court
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LOCATION |
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| Continent |
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Europe |
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 United Kingdom |
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 England |
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London |
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 London |
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Great Russell Street
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information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk |
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TYPOLOGY |
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Main |
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ARCHITECTURE | Museums and buildings for exhibitions
Art museums
Operations on existing buildings
Extension, superelevation
Other architectural structures
Roofs, casings
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ARCHITECTURE | Commercial buildings
Bars, cafeterias
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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1993
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2000 |
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THE BUILDING IN CINEMA |
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| How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster? |
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| Norberto Lopez Amado, Carlos Carcas |
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| Norman Foster, Tony Hunt, George Weidenfeld, Richard Rogers, Bono, Deyan Sudjic, Paul Goldberger, Carl Abbott, Alain de Botton, Anish Kapoor, Richard Serra, Anthony Caro, Richard Long, Buckminster Fuller, Ben Cowd, Cai Guo-Qiang, Ricky Burdett, Spencer de Grey, David Nelson, Narinder Sagoo, Nigel Dancey, Loretta Law, Mouzhan Madidi, Stefan Behling, Jurgen Happ, Gerard Evenden
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Producer: Elena Ochoa
Executive Producer: Antonio Sanz
Writer & Narrator: Deyan Sudjic
Music: Joan Valent
Director of Photography: Valentin Alvarez |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Valentina Croci, "Nuovi scenari ecosostenibili/New Eco-Sustainable Scenarios", Ottagono 167, febbraio/february 2004, pp. 140-141 (140-153) |
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| Norman Foster, "British Museum, Londres/Great Court, British Museum, London", Arquitectura Viva 77, III-IV 2001 [Mil Museos], "Arquitectura" pp. 40-45 |
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| Norman Foster, Deyan Sudjic, Spencer De Grey, Norman Foster and the British Museum, Prestel, USA 2001 |
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| Fulvio Irace, Dimenticare Vitruvio. Temi, figure e paesaggi dell'architettura contemporanea, IlSole 24 Ore, Milano 2001, pp. 39-43 [da Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 dicembre 2000] |
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| Adalberto Falletta, "Al British con fogli e matita", Meridiani 74, dicembre 1998-gennaio 1999 [Londra], pp. 79-86 |
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CLIENT |
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| Trustees of the British Museum |
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478 tonnes of steel
315 tonnes of glass |
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STRUCTURES |
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