List of thin-shell structures

Thin-shell structures are lightweight constructions using shell elements.

Notable projects

The World First Membrane roof and lattice steel Shell in the Shukhov Rotunda, Nizhny Novgorod, All-Russia exhibition, 1895

Geodesic shell of Nagoya Dome by Takenaka Corporation, Nagoya, Japan, 1997.

Shell of Kresge Auditorium by Eero Saarinen, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1953.

Shukhov's Rotunda at the All-Russia exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (1896)
Adziogol Lighthouse, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Stanislav Range Front Light, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
Parabolic steel-and-glass roof of the Kiyevsky railway station, Moscow, Russia
Shukhov Tower, Moscow, Russia
Pylons of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
Palau Guell, Barcelona, Spain
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
TWA Flight Center of John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, USA
Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, USA
Europe 1 Transmitter Building, Felsberg-Berus, Germany
Eden Project, Cornwall, England
Parish of the Holy Sacrifice at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
Montreal Biosphère, Montreal, Canada
Korkeasaari Lookout Tower, Helsinki, Finland
Tower Infinity, Seoul, South Korea
Philips Pavilion at the Expo '58, Brussels, Belgium (1958)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts, USA
Ingalls Rink at Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Missouri, USA
McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center, Missouri, USA
Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England
Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Canada
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
Aquatoll, Neckarsulm, Germany
Dos Hermanas Velodrome, Dos Hermanas, Spain
Berlin Main Station, Berlin, Germany
Dortmund Opera House, Dortmund, Germany
Payson Athletic Center, Arizona, USA
Zeiss-Planetarium, Jena, Germany
Spaceship Earth at Disney World, Florida, USA
Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum, London, England
Swiss Air Force Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
L'Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain
Weald and Downland Gridshell at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, England
Putrajaya Convention Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Lotus Sculpture at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, UK (2012)
Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy

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