List of thin shell structures

List of thin shell structures

Thin-shell structures are light weight constructions using shell elements.

Notable Projects

* Vladimir Shukhov, the world’s first hyperboloid steel shell and Shukhov's Rotunda, Nizhny Novgorod, All-Russia exhibition, 1896.
* Buckminster Fuller, Montreal Biosphère, Montreal, Canada
* Vladimir Shukhov, [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Double_curvature_steel_lattice_Shell_by_Shukhov_in_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpgThe world's first double curvature lattice steel Shell] , Vyksa, Russia, 1897.
* Vladimir Shukhov, Adziogol Lighthouse, Ukraine, 1911
* Antonio Gaudi, Thin shell conoidal, hyperbolic, parabolic, and hyperbolic paraboloid vaults of sandwiched tile (The Church of the Colonia Guell, The Sagrada Familia, The Sagrada Familia Schoolhouse, The Palau Guell), 1916
* Vladimir Shukhov, Shukhov Tower, Moscow, 1922
* Eero Saarinen, TWA Flight Center of John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York [http://www.helos.fi/saarinen/]
* Eero Saarinen, Washington Dulles International Airport
* Buro Happold and Norman Foster, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, British Museum, London
* Nicholas Grimshaw, Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
* Leandro V. Locsin, Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the Philippines, Diliman
* Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
* Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
* Ville Hara, [http://www.arcspace.com/architects/ville_hara/tower/index.htm Lattice lookout tower] , Helsinki, Finland
* [http://www.variousarchitects.no/ Various Architects] , [http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8235 Project of Cheongna City Tower]
* Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis, [http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/poeme-electronique/images/1/ «Poème électronique» Philips Pavilion] , Expo '58, Brussels
*Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
*Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, Massachusetts
*Ingalls Rink, Yale University
*Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis
* Gyo Obata, the
*Dorton Arena, Raleigh
*Imperial War Museum, Duxford
*Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal
* Hyperbolic paraboloid roof Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=1066 Aquatoll lattice thin-shell]
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=12245 Dos Hermanas Velodrome Roof]
* Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Station) [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=56298]
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=45741 Dortmund Opera House]
*Kingdome, Seattle
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=2864 L'Oceanogràfic] , Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=18602 Payson Multipurpose Center] , Payson, Arizona
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=17160 Planetarium, Carl-Zeiss-Promenade] , Jena, Germany
* Putrajaya Convention Centre, Malaysia [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=21095]
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=18224 Swiss Air Force Museum] , Zurich, Swiss
* Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0001615]
* [http://en.structurae.de/photos/index.cfm?JS=43159 Vela - Milan Trade Fair] , Milan, Italy

External links

* [http://en.structurae.de/structures/stype/index.cfm?ID=1009 Thin-shell structures]
* [http://en.structurae.de/structures/stype/index.cfm?ID=1013 Double thin-shells structures]


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