Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996)

Ralph Tubbs

Ralph Sydney Tubbs OBE FRIBA was a British architect. Well known amongst the buildings he designed was the Dome of Discovery at the successful Festival of Britain on the South Bank in London in 1951.

Dome of Discovery

Exhibition building in London

The Dome of Discovery was a temporary exhibition building designed by architect Ralph Tubbs for the Festival of Britain celebrations which took place on London's South Bank in 1951, alongside the River Thames. The consulting engineers were Freeman Fox & Partners, in particular…