Structural Engineering Slide Library

Shells: Various double curvature

Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE74 Motel entrance. This small shell is made in the form of two components of a monkey saddle. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE75 Trans World Airlines Terminal Building, J.F. Kennedy Airport. This picture was taken during construction. (New York City)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE76 Terminal Building, Las Vegas Airport. (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE77 Priory building. This concrete shell chapel is circular in plan and consists of two-tier shell system with a shell lantern. The geometric form of this system was inspired by the medieval nun's collar. (Near St. Louis, Missouri)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE78 Priory Building. Interior view from the floor to the lantern opening at the apex. The form of the roof inside is visually pleasing, but acoustically very difficult for an auditorium. (Near St. Louis, Missouri)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE79 Exhibition hall, La Defense. This huge ribbed concrete shell structure is an equilateral triangle in plan, and supported at the three apexes of the triangle. The clear span is 721 ft. (Near Paris, France)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenE80 Exhibition hall, La Defense, taken from behind one of the shell support points. (Near Paris, France)

Back Set E: Domes and Shells