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Dome experience. AJ 27.11.97

Architects' Journal Construction Study

Dome experience. AJ 27.11.97

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Architects' Journal Construction Study

Abstract

The Millennium Dome, on the site of a former gas works in Greenwich, south London, will be one of the world's largest enclosures. Article follows project from design to current state of construction and uses drawings, photographs and computer generated images to illustrate main features of the design and construction including: steel fabrication and erection, assembly and positioning of central ring cable, method statement diagrams for raising cable net, method of attaching PTFE coated fabric roof.

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First produced in 1895, the Architects' Journal features comprehensive building studies, and in-depth technical articles.


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