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Sep 9, 2024 · The Millennium Dome, designed by Roger Stirk Harbour + Partners, was constructed in Greenwich, London, to host the Millennium Experience in 2000. Spanning 80,000 m², its innovative dome structure consists of twelve steel masts and PTFE fabric, conveying optimism for the future. Despite challenges with the site and construction deadlines, the ...
Publisher: The Institution of Structural Engineers. Issue 7. The idea of covering the whole site for the millennium exhibition to provide a protected environment followed the first scheme for housing it in a number of large buildings. This paper describes the engineering design and construction of the roof now known as the Millennium Dome.
- Introduction
- Storm Eunice
- Origins
- Design
- The Zones
- The Millennium Show
- Operation
- Controversy
- Sustainability
- Related Articles on Designing Buildings
The Millennium Dome (known as 'the Dome') is a fabric clad, cable net structure in Greenwich, London. It opened in 2000 as the centrepiece of the UK’s millennium celebrations, which ran from 31 December 1999 to 31 December 2000. It was subsequently rebranded the O2 in 2005 and re-opened to the public in 2007, containing the O2 Arena, in 2008 it was...
On February 18 in 2022 the UK was hit by Storm Eunice, which on the Isle of White set a new record of 122 miles per hour, for the fastest wind gust recorded in the region, was one of the most powerful storms to hit the south coast since 1987 and in London it tore parts of the roof off the Dome. The Dome is made up of 72 segments, of which 8 were da...
A national celebration for the Millennium year in was originally conceived by John Major's Conservative government in March 1994. A consultation paper was published by the Millennium Commission in March 1995 and bids invited in May. Four sites were shortlisted, and in January 1996, creative communications agencyImagination Group were selected to de...
At 320m in diameter, the dome is the largest single enclosed space in the world. It was constructed by McAlpine/Laing Joint Venture (MLJV), a joint venture formed between Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing Management. The Dome is neither a true dome, nor a conventional fabric structure, it is a cable net structure, clad with flat fabric panels. The Dome...
During the millennium year, the Dome contained a number of exhibitions or ‘zones’. The main zonesfell under three categories, originally conceived as: 1. Who we are: Mind, body and spirit. 2. What we do: Work, rest and play. 3. Where we live: Local, national and global. These eventually became: Who we are: 1. Body. Sponsored by Boots, L'Oréal and R...
In the centre of the Dome, there was a major performance area housing the Millennium Show, with seating for 5,000 and space for 7,000 standing spectators. The show, performed 999 times during the year of operation, was composed by Peter Gabriel, with staging by Mark Fisher, and performed by an acrobatic cast of 160 who were trained from scratch and...
The Dome attracted 6.5 million visitors during its year of operation, considerably lower than the 12 million projected. This was partly due to the fact that the Labour government gave away one million tickets to school children. These children might otherwise have come as paying customers and brought their families with them. Press coverage of the ...
During its development, the Dome was never very far from controversy, whether it was scepticism that it would be completed on time or in budget or about the content of the zones, through to detailed controversy about the environmental performance of the roof fabric, the nature of the Faith Zone, and whether the giant baby that formed part of the Bo...
The Millennium Dome was the first major visitor attraction in the world not to have a car park. It was serviced instead by a new Jubilee line station, bus services and riverferries. The Dome formed part of a ‘watercycle’. Rain water from the Dome roof was collected, filtered through reed beds in the landscape and used to flush the toilets. Waste fr...
The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome -shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. As of 2022, it is the ninth largest building in the world by usable volume. The exhibition was open to the public from 1 January ...
Jan 24, 2017 · The Skylon and Dome of Discovery at 1951 Festival of Britain (licensed under CC-BY-2.0) The Millennium Dome was the focal point of a larger masterplan by Richard Rogers for a peninsula in ...
Built entirely within the structure of the former Millennium Dome, the spectacular O2 Arena on the Greenwich peninsula, has 23,000 seats and can accommodate a variety of sports and entertainment. Discarded traditional survey methods, due to its location within an existing structure, the new roof 4.500tn required for new events, was built on the ...
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Introduction *** The design and construction of The Millennium Dome in Greenwich, London began in 1996 and was completed in 1999. The design of the building was created by architects Richard ...
