Client:
New Millenium Experience
Location:
Greenwich, UK
Completion date:
1999
Fabric:
Solus 1200 SB (Silver/Black)
Design & Build:
Edwin Shirley Staging Ltd
Fabric Engineering:
FTL Happold
Fabrication
Landrell
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"Unique characteristics and major innovations in the field of tensioned fabric structures ensure Britain’s biggest theatre and concert venue stands well apart from all other entertainment centers." (Landrell)
Located next to London’s Millennium Dome, the Skyscape is a 120m by 53m single storey portal framed building, designed to conform with the building requirement for permanent structures. It houses two 2500 seat daytime cinemas that convert into a single live concert venue at night. Its enormous clear span membrane roof provides uninterrupted spaces measuring 200ft square formed in dramatic arched valleys
A unique feature of Skyscape is the new Solus 1200 SB (silver/black), developed in conjunction with Landrell Fabric Engineering. Its exterior coating is silver PTFE while its inner coating is black PTFE. This provides the necessary black-out environment for a theatre venue while the silver exterior provides a striking appearance which emphasizes the drama of the building’s function. It also enables spectacular night time lighting effects to be more effectively incorporated.
With a potential lifetime of 25 years plus due to the use of Solus PTFE coated glass fabric, Skyscape’s innovative tensioned fabric structure will host many of the world’s musical superstars during London’s Millennium celebrations.
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