London IMAX

London IMAX

The London IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, England, just north of Waterloo Station. It is operated by the British Film Institute.

The cinema is located in the centre of a roundabout on Waterloo Road. Stamford Street is to the north-east, York Road is to the south-west and Waterloo Bridge is to the north-west.

The London IMAX was designed by Avery Associates Architects [cite web|url=http://www.avery-architects.co.uk/imax.html|title=Avery Associates project description] and completed in May 1999. By far the largest screen in Britain it has a seating capacity of just under 500. Although the site is surrounded by traffic and has an underground line just four metres below, the architects and engineers accounted for this in their design and the entire upper structure sits on anti vibration bearings to prevent noise transference.

The cinema won several awards at the time of opening, including a Design Council Millennium Products Award [cite web|url=http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/en/Design-Council/1/Our-history/Millennium-Products/|title=Design Council website] in 1999 and a Civic Trust Award [cite web|url=http://www.civictrust.org.uk/awards/2000/award.shtml|title=Civic Trust Awards website] in 2000.

London has another IMAX cinema at the Science Museum in South Kensington/Albertopolis.

References

External links

* [http://www.avery-architects.co.uk Avery Associates Architects]
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk/ British Film Institute]
* [http://www.imax.com/ IMAX Corporation]
* [http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=SE1+8XR&countryCode=GB#
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