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Book - Superstructure 

Mark Power 

Inspired by a global event, the Dome at Greenwich has been a British construction project of unprecedented ambition, a building site where records have routinely been broken, an engineering feat of mind-boggling statistics. Superstructure is a remarkable record of the Dome's genesis up to the day it was opened to the public, 1 January 2000.

The photographer Mark Power was granted privileged access to the site by the New Millenium Experience Company; he first visited the North Greenwich penisula in October 1996, and in well over one hundred subsequent trips recorded its transition from toxic wasteland... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The Dome's next-door neighbour, a cafe... 

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GB ENGLAND. London, Greenwich. Laying the foundations. The white... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. At night, especially in the early stages... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. A tree placed on the river bank marks... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The cable net, awaiting tensioning.... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The abseilers, who assembled the cable... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Three of the twelve masts, each 100... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The Dome is a structure in perfect balance,... 

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GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. A trough for cleaning boots outside... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The world's largest free-stading scaffolding... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Portakabins littered the site, used... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The roof fabric is unfurled on top of... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Abseilers dwarfed by the huge structure... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The Thames path, on the north side of... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The final piece of fabric is laid over... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The final piece of fabric is laid over... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. View from 'Core 5', later to be used... 

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GB. ENGLAND .London Greenwich. From the Docklands Light Railway.... 

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GB-LONDON-THE MILLENNIUM DOME 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. From a distance the heavy machinery... 

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GB. ENGLAND. London Greenwich. It was difficult not to get carried... 

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GB. ENGLAND.London Greenwich. Ducting for the ventilation system.... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Work begins fitting out the service... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. The construction of the service trenches.... 

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GB-LONDON-THE MILLENNIUM DOME 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Room later to become the Dome's only... 

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GB-LONDON-THE MILLENNIUM DOME 

Mark Power 1999

GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One year to go. I climbed into the derelict... 

Mark Power 1999

GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. There were so many new spaces, rooms... 

Mark Power 1999

GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. There were so many new spaces, rooms... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Space heaters dry out the ceiling of... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Concrete foundations for the exhibits... 

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ENGLAND. Greenwich. Gents toilets under construction. February... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The cylinders, which contain air-conditioning... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One of my favourite Dome statistics is... 

Mark Power 1999

GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. One of my favourite Dome statistics is... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. A room lined with plastic sheeting before... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Huge welded polythene sheets prevent... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Landscaping the site was now well underway,... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The view from a room in the Pilot Inn,... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The construction of Skyscape, two cinemas... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Muddy tyre tracks criss-cross the concrete... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. A huge vacuum cleaner, like the worm... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The plywood protection on this escalator... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwhich. Skyscape takes shape. Although a temporary... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Construction of spiral walkway. 13 May... 

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G.B., LONDON, GREENWICH 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The lightweight aluminium gantry, known... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Sublime light pours into main reception... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Moonrise over Skyscape. 1 June 1999.... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The ventilation shaft and fire escape... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Fitting out the staff reception building.... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Plant room beneath the promenade. 26... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Shared Ground, an arrangement of reinforced... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. An external canopy near the main entrance,... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. Floodlight from the underside of a mast.... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The canyon between the two halves of... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The Mind zone under construction. 13... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. View from maintainance walkway over the... 

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GB. ENGLAND. Greenwich. The entrance to' Back of House', where... 
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