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Description: | The Dome of Discovery was a temporary building designed by architect Ralph Tubbs and engineered by Ralph Freeman for the 1951 Festival of Britain celebrations. With a diameter of 365 feet (111 metres) and a height of 93 feet (28 metres), the dome was then the largest in the world.
Grace Carter's watercolour depicts the dome and the upstream section of the South Bank exhibition under construction. From her vantage point on a building above the Embankment north of the Thames, the Westminster skyline and Battersea Power Station can be seen in the background.
The dome was demolished after the festival. Its materials were sold for scrap and the site was cleared for reuse. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Digital image Museum of London | Subjects: | Cityscape Identity and Icons Art and Design | Temporal: | 1950-1951 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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