The original shell structures, inspired by forms found in nature such ... engineer Félix Candela's creations seem more like sculptures than buildings. Composed of thin sheets of pale concrete, the ...

"We've shown that it's possible to build an exciting thin concrete shell structure using a lightweight, flexible formwork, thus demonstrating that complex concrete structures can be formed without ...

A strange architectural concept that is slowly being rolled out in various places around the world, Binishells are structures of varying size that can be created quickly by using air pressure to ...

Structural engineer John V. “Jack” Christiansen, a leader in the design of thin-shell concrete structures, died on Aug. 16 on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He would have turned 90 on Sept.

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 ...

KnitCandela also represents an evolution of the flexible forming system developed for the HiLo roof: a doubly curved, thin-shell concrete structure the Block Research Group developed for Empa's ...

Fisac used this method throughout the 1970’s to form the cladding of a number of structures ... Concrete Institute (ACI) Committee 334 introduced a standard guide for the construction of thin ...

When completed, it will look just as it did in 1961 — a testament to our architectural history and to the brief run of thin-shell concrete structures that thrived in the ’50s and ’60s.

You can also gain even more by optimising thin shell structures with a lower climate impact," says Lundgren. In the study "Textile reinforced concrete members subjected to tension, bending ...