Dome of Discovery

The Dome of Discovery was a tempory building built by architect Ralph Tubbs as part of the festival of Britain which took place on London's south bank in 1951. The dome was made from steel and concrete mainly and was a huge structure. The dome housed many of the attractions at the festival and became an icon for architects and engineers growing up at the time. The building stood next to a metal spike, 300ft high called the Skylon which was equally iconic, but served no purpose other then to hold an anemometer at the top of it.

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