The main entrance of the Imperial War Museum North, with the air shard tower.

The east face of the museum highlighting the aluminium cladding.

imprial war museum north The Imperial War Museum North is a war museum in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It was designed by world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind and constructed at a cost of £28 million by Sir Robert McAlpine with engineering by Arup. The building has a highly complex geometry with sloping floors and ceilings and few perpendicular surfaces, designed to induce disorientation reminiscent of that caused by war. The large tower is known as the 'Air Shard' and has a viewing/observation platform at the top, accessed by a lift, with a good view of The Lowry. Unfortunately the views in other directions are disappointing, hampered by the metal cladding of the structure itself. Download high resolution version (768x1024, 184 KB)South face and entrance of the Imperial War Museum North by the Salford Quays. ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 184 KB)South face and entrance of the Imperial War Museum North by the Salford Quays. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 163 KB)East face of the Imperial War Museum North by the Salford Quays. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 163 KB)East face of the Imperial War Museum North by the Salford Quays. ... Image of Trafford Town Hall Trafford is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Greater Manchester, commonly referred to as Manchester, is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation of City of Manchester. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ...

The museum features an exhibit called The Big Picture; once an hour, the lights in the main exhibition hall are lowered, photographs and quotations from scenes of war are projected onto all of the walls, and recordings of events echo around the hall. This exhibit completes the unnerving feeling the museum is designed to create.

Admission is free and the museum is open between 10.00am and 6.00pm daily.

The Imperial War Museum North won the 2003 British Construction Industry Building Award. The British Construction Industry Awards were launched by the New Civil Engineer magazine and Thomas Telford Ltd _ both owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers - in 1998. ...

External link

• Imperial War Museum North Website