Title

The O2 Arena from Greenwich Park, London, 2009.

Caption

The O2 Arena from Greenwich Park, London, 2009. Designed by Richard Rogers, the Millennium Dome was built to house an exhibition commemorating the arrival of the third millennium. The largest single-roofed structure in the world, the Dome is 365 metres in diameter. The project attracted controversy regarding its cost, the nature of the exhibits it contained for the year it was open as well as the difficulties and expense of disposing of the building after its closure. In 2005 it was announced that the Dome was to become a venue for music concerts and sports events under a scheme sponsored by the telecommunications company O2. It reopened in this form in 2007.

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D73_490

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,1Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings London England music architecture country entertainment British English color colour dome commemoration location century Millennium Dome Britain concert concept exhibition controversy venue Greenwich Nineties 20th century concert hall PETER THOMPSON 1990s decade Millennium project TGN photograph Peter Thompson Thompson Peter Rogers Richard PTM Richard Rogers O2 Arena Richard Rogers photograph