伊丽莎白二世大中庭

51°31′10″N 0°7′37″W / 51.51944°N 0.12694°W / 51.51944; -0.12694

伊丽莎白二世大中庭（英语：Queen Elizabeth II Great Court），简称大中庭（Great Court），是伦敦大英博物馆的中央方庭，1990年代后期由福斯特建筑事务所重新设计，以取代1970年代科林·圣约翰·威尔逊的设计^[1]。2000年，女王伊丽莎白二世为其揭幕。

大中庭的密铺玻璃屋顶由Buro Happold设计^[2]，覆盖了整个中庭，以及中央的原来圆形的大英博物馆阅览室（现在是一个博物馆）周围。它是欧洲最大的有顶广场。^[3]。

有争议的是，大中庭的一些石头是来自法国，而非根据原合同的，来自英格兰南部的波特兰石。

在大中庭内有商店和咖啡馆。大中庭作为博物馆的一个中央连接点，功能类似于贝聿铭在巴黎的卢浮宫金字塔。

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^ Stonehouse, R. 2007. Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects. London: Black Dog Publishing. p455. ISBN 978-1-904772-70-5
^ Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, British Museum （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, accessed 22 November 2010
^ Stephen Brown. The firm that raised the roof. The Evening Standard (London). 12 August 2002: 22. The British Museum is one of Britain's most visited venues. To create more space, the Museum has made its historic round Reading Room the centrepiece of the largest covered courtyard in Europe. A spectacular glass and steel gridshell roof encloses the 6,700 sq metre (92m x 73m) courtyard and features more than 6,000 individual steel members connected at 1,800 nodes and 3,312 glazing panels.

Great Court, British Museum （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） including 360° panorama （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
Sounds and video of the Great Court （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）

[1] Stonehouse, R. 2007. Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects. London: Black Dog Publishing. p455. ISBN 978-1-904772-70-5

[buro-2] Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, British Museum （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, accessed 22 November 2010

[3] Stephen Brown. The firm that raised the roof. The Evening Standard (London). 12 August 2002: 22. The British Museum is one of Britain's most visited venues. To create more space, the Museum has made its historic round Reading Room the centrepiece of the largest covered courtyard in Europe. A spectacular glass and steel gridshell roof encloses the 6,700 sq metre (92m x 73m) courtyard and features more than 6,000 individual steel members connected at 1,800 nodes and 3,312 glazing panels.

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