The self-supporting, doubly curved shell roof has multiple layers: the heating and cooling coils and the insulation are installed over the inner concrete layer. A second, exterior layer of the ...

The need to preserve the tent-like concrete roof of London's former Commonwealth Institute as the rest of the 52-year-old building was razed turned an adaptive-reuse project into a structural ...

The 2,000-year-old amphitheatre in Verona, Italy, could be transformed into an indoor stadium with this competition-winning proposal by German firms GMP and SBP. Architecture office GMP and ...

As architecture blossoms out in billowing forms of reinforced concrete, many a modern architect is turning back to study the work of the handful of pioneers who blazed the way for modern shell ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. overall - roof: 3 1/2 in x 15 1/8 in; ...

Construction workers at the new Allen County Jail installed the final piece of structural steel at the 70-acre site Friday. The installation symbolizes the completion of the outer shell of the $300 ...

A prototype for an ultra-thin, sinuous concrete roof using innovative design and fabrication methods has been designed and built by researchers from the ETH Zürich. The shell is part of a roof-top ...