伊麗莎白二世大中庭

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

伊莉莎白二世大中庭（英語：Queen Elizabeth II Great Court），簡稱大中庭（Great Court），是倫敦大英博物館的中央方庭，1990年代後期由福斯特建築事務所重新設計，以取代1970年代科林·聖約翰·威爾遜的設計^[1]。2000年，女皇伊莉莎白二世為其揭幕。

大中庭的密鋪玻璃屋頂由Buro Happold設計^[2]，覆蓋了整個中庭，以及中央的原來圓形的大英博物館閱覽室（現在是一個博物館）周圍。它是歐洲最大的有頂廣場。^[3]。

有爭議的是，大中庭的一些石頭是來自法國，而非根據原合同的，來自英格蘭南部的波特蘭石。

在大中庭內有商店和咖啡館。大中庭作為博物館的一個中央連接點，功能類似於貝聿銘在巴黎的盧浮宮金字塔。

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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 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, 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 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） including 360° panorama （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
Sounds and video of the Great Court （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）

[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 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, 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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