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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporalcompleted 2001 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorBuilding Design Partnershipen_US
dc.creatorBüro Happolden_US
dc.date2001en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-04T15:41:40Z
dc.date.available2013-09-04T15:41:40Z
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.identifier232912en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2594en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/140358
dc.descriptionGlasgow Tower, base and glass lobby area with two elevator cars; It is a purpose-built science center composed of three principal buildings which are the Science Mall, an IMAX cinema and the Glasgow Tower. The Science Mall is a titanium-clad crescent shape structure that houses three floors of over 250 interactive science-learning exhibits, a Science Show Theatre and the Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium. Part of the ongoing redevelopment of Pacific Quay, an area which was once a cargo port known as Prince's Dock. The architects of the Glasgow Science Centre were Building Design Partnership (BDP), however the Glasgow Tower (previously known as the Millennium Tower) was originally designed by the architect Richard Horden with engineering design by Buro Happold. It is the tallest tower in the world in which the whole structure is capable of rotating 360 degrees, although it has been plagued by engineering problems. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/7/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumtitanium cladding; glass; steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectscientific or medicalen_US
dc.subjectplanetariumen_US
dc.subjectscience museumsen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleGlasgow Science Centreen_US
dc.title.alternativeGlasgow Science Centeren_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-BDP-GSC-D13en_US
vra.culturalContextBritish Scottish (Scots)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemixed-use developmenten_US
vra.worktypemotion picture theateren_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
dc.contributor.displayBuilding Design Partnership (British architectural firm, founded 1961); Büro Happold (British structural engineering firm, founded 1977)en_US


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