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Structure-ID: s0000362
Created on: 09/04/99
Modified on: 05/31/08


The O2

The Millennium Dome
Built: 1997 - 1998
Status: in use
Location: Greenwich, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
The Millennium Dome
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Structural Type:
Cable-suspended membrane structure
Function / usage:
Congress center
Next to: North Greenwich Transportation Interchange (1998)
Part of: Olympic Summer Games 2012

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Mick Green
Architect Mike Davies
  Andrew Morris
  Richard Rogers
Engineer Ian Liddell
  Glyn Trippick
  Rodger Webster

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Client The New Millennium Experience Company Ltd.
Architecture Richard Rogers Partnership
Structural engineering Buro Happold Consulting Engineers
Checking engineering Ove Arup & Partners
General contractor John Laing Construction
  Sir Robert McAlpine
Steel construction Watson Steel Ltd.
Membrane supplier Birdair, Inc.
Mechanical & electrical engineering JBA Consulting Engineers

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
membrane  PTFE-coated glass-fiber fabric
Dimensions
  membrane covered area 80 000 m2
  site area 200 000 m2
  height of masts 100 m
  height of dome 50 m

Chronology
23 June 1997
First piles bored.
October 1997
Masts finished
March 1998
Cables are stressed.

Relevant Web Sites
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External Link0lll.com - Architecture Gallery: Millennium Dome English
External LinkarchINFORM: Millenium Dome English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkBBC: Dome Cam English
External LinkBirdair: The The O2, located in Greenwich, U.K., currently ranks as the largest single-roofed, dome structure in the world English
External LinkGreat Buildings Online: Millennium Dome English
External LinkGreat Structures of the World: Millennium Dome English
External LinkGreenwich 2000: Millennium English
External LinkMillennium Experience English
External Linktuwien/dbase: Millennium Dome German

Relevant Literature
* Millennium Dome in London, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", September 2000, n. 6 v. 40 .
* Brandle, Sonja   Die Millennium-Halle in London - ein Baustellenbericht / The Millennium Hall in London - a Site Report, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", September 1998, n. 6 v. 38 .
* Eugen, Brühwiler   Ten Years of Structural Engineering International, in "Structural Engineering International", February 2001, n. 1 v. 11 .
* Ishii, Kazuo   Membrane Designs and Structures in the World (1st edition), Shinkenchiku-sha Co. Ltd, Tokyo (Japan) , ISBN 4786901466, 1999; pp. 114-117.
* Liddell, Ian   Design and Construction of the Millennium Dome, UK, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1999, n. 3 v. 9 .
* Liddell, Ian   Tragwerksplanung für den Millennium Dome, in "Baukultur", 1998, n. 3 .
* Schilling, S.   Bau des Millenium Domes in London, in "Bauingenieur", January 2000, n. 1 v. 75 .

 
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