Sujet

Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, South Bank, Lambeth, London, 1950. Creator: Festival of Britain Office.

Légende

Festival of Britain, South Bank Exhibition, Dome of Discovery, Chicheley Street, South Bank, Lambeth, Greater London Authority, 04-09-1950. An interior view of the Dome of Discovery under construction, prior to the Festival of Britain. The original caption reads: "View of part of interior of Dome when under construction; the picture shows roof structure just prior to covering with aliminium (sic) sheeting." The Dome of Discovery was designed by Ralph Tubbs. The building was a temporary structure using reinforced concrete and aluminium. At the time it was the largest aluminium structure ever erected.

Date

1950

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM22A67_458

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,2Mo (,0Ko) / 42,9cm x 31,6cm / 5070 x 3735 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building London England interior event architecture arts industry country construction site art British English industrial roof building site location century Britain inside concept B&W under construction metaphor fifties 1950s Construction Industry south bank Indoors Southbank black & white black and white B W Modernist Modernism 20th century Lambeth decade Dome of Discovery TGN work in progress photograph Ralph Tubbs Tubbs Festival of Britain Discovery Dome Ralph Sydney Tubbs Ralph Historic England Festival of Britain Office Ralph Sydney