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ArchitectureWeek: Foster and Partners Roof the Great Court -
Don Barker explains the history of the great neoclassical British Museum designed by Robert Smirke in the context of the new steel and glass roof.
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Art Galleries and Museums -
Information on the architect, location, date, construction system, context and style of a world selection from Great Buildings Online.
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Exhibition and Exposition -
Great Buildings Online provides images and information on a selection of buildings in Europe, North American and Japan designed for exhibition purposes.
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Kunsthaus Graz -
An extraordinary exhibition hall in Austria designed by London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier. Includes images and description of the "friendly alien" design.
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The British Museum: History - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx
The official site gives a history and an historic image of the buildings at its core designed by Sir Robert and Sidney Smirke and erected between the 1820s and 1850s.
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The Crystal Palace - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx
Computer models of this Victorian marvel designed by Joseph Paxton from the University of Virginia, with an illustrated account of its history and construction.
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The Crystal Palace Foundation - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx
Group dedicated to preserving the history of the Crystal Palace, who have created a museum on the site. Includes images and a history of the building after the Great Exhibition closed in October 1851.
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx
The Shrine of the Book, erected in 1965 for the preservation and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Brief illustrated history of this remarkable building designed by American-Jewish architects A.Bartos and F. Kiesler.
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The Natural History Museum: History and Architecture - http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/the_museum/history/general_history.aspx
An illustrated outline from the official site of the remarkable Victorian buildings in South Kensington, designed by Waterhouse and decorated with carvings of animals and plants.
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