Given the inherent flexibility of the design the dome site was transformed into a 20 000 seat arena for the london 2010 olympic games.
Millennium dome roof construction.
The millennium dome also referred to simply as the dome is the original name of a large dome shaped building originally used to house the millennium experience a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium it is the ninth largest building in the world by usable volume located on the greenwich peninsula in south east london england the exhibition was open to the.
The millennium dome was delivered within 15 months under budget and at a relatively inexpensive cost of 43 million which is a remarkable achievement in light of the scale of the project.
It opened in 2000 as the centrepiece of the uk s millennium celebrations which ran from 31 december 1999 to 31 december 2000.
The ultimate inspiration for the dome was a great sky a cosmos under which all events take place the radial lines and circles of the high tensile roof structure recall the celestial reference grid of astronomical maps throughout the ages.
The millennium dome project or millennium dome was born with the need to restore the attractiveness of the greenwich peninsula and revive its potential cultural tourist and commercial.
It was initiated to house an exhibition for the approach of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium ce the official start of which was january 1 2001.
The central structure is the largest dome in.
Mike davies project partner for the millennium dome.
Millennium dome massive construction project and tourist attraction in greenwich london england.