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Structure-ID: s0001195
Created on: 01/24/01
Modified on: 02/28/07


Rocket Tower

Completed in: 2001
Status: in use
Location: National Space Science Center, Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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Structural Type:
Frame-supported membrane structure
Function / usage:
Museum

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Architecture Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

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Construction materials used
membrane  ETFE foil
Dimensions
  height 42 m

Chronology
30 June 2001
Opening

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Relevant Literature
* Raumfahrtmuseum in Leicester, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", December 2002, n. 12 v. 42 .
* Space Centre in Leicester, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", July 2001, n. 5 v. 41 .
* Wagner, Cornelia   Textile Leichtbaukonstruktionen, in "Baukultur", 2000, n. 6 .

 
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