1994 - 2000
6Sainsbury African Galleries
Covent Garden
sMarble Architecture Award – Joint winner in the ‘External Facings’ category,
The London Borough of Camden Building Quality Awards – Highly Commended, RIBA Award
ECCS European Steel Design Award
National Heritage Museum of the Year Award 2000/2001
Camden Design Awards
Civic Trust Award
British Construction Industry Awards Major Project Category – Highly Commended, Institute of Civil Engineers - 'Special Award' with Buro Happold (and Mace), DuPont Benedictus Awards, Special Recognition
The roof covers an area of 6,000m2 and weighs 800 tonnes (478 tonnes steel / 315 tonnes of glass).
The 3,312 panels of glass are screenprinted with small dots on 50% of their surface - a technique called 'fritting'. The fritting filters ultraviolet rays and reduces solar gain.
The courtyard is 96m long (length of façade of Buckingham Palace) x 72m wide equivalent to the size of Wembley football pitch
Location: /maps?ll=51.51944,-0.12694
Area: 19 000 m²
Height: 33 m
Opening Hours:The Museum is free to all visitors and open daily, 10.00-17.30
Closure of galleries will start 10 minutes before
the published closing time:
Saturday - Thursday, 17.20
Friday, 20.20
The Museum is closed on
1 January, 24, 25, 26 December.
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