The Arts and Crafts School of Paris was in need of an auditorium, with accommodation for one thousand persons, suitable for lessons and lectures. Owing to lack of space, it was decided to build it underground, below one of the courtyards. The choice of roof shape was an ellipsoid of revolution, whose major axis is inclined to the horizontal. The maximum diameter is 32 ms and maximum height is 10 ms. The thickness of the roof structure is 50 cms along the lower part, and 20 cms near the crown. This solution was of special interest as it overcame simultaneously two difficulties; namely, the foundation, when this has to be based on fill soil, and the non-interference with the illumination of nearby buildings. In this case the loading on the ...
This small local theatre, which is used alternatively as a cinema, is an architectural unit whose ma...
The project was awarded the first price at a competition initiated in 1963, and it is based on the u...
I. Reading hall of the Bale University Library Otto H. Senn, architect The roof of the central ha...
The Arts and Crafts School of Paris was in need of an auditorium, with accommodation for one thousan...
The main nucleus of this project consists of an eight storey building, housing 9 main lecture rooms,...
An extension to the existing buildings was recently carried out at the above Academy. This extension...
This article describes the most interesting features in the construction of this tall building. Ment...
Costruire una volta ha sempre nei secoli rappresentato un’arte pratica che si nutriva del contributo...
The symbolic tower of the horticultural exhibition, held recently in Vienna, is a 260 m high structu...
The main characteristic of this Institute is its configuration, with one body of flat construction; ...
The author of this work has succeeded both in respecting municipal ordinances and in creating a buil...
Proyecto de concurso para el gimnasio de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Madri
The project consists of three blocks, as follows: — The lower one storey block, containing the C...
This structure organizes in three levals the various functions related to the academy such as classr...
A The project is basically comprised of two twin towers of offices, each with 30 floors above ground...
This small local theatre, which is used alternatively as a cinema, is an architectural unit whose ma...
The project was awarded the first price at a competition initiated in 1963, and it is based on the u...
I. Reading hall of the Bale University Library Otto H. Senn, architect The roof of the central ha...
The Arts and Crafts School of Paris was in need of an auditorium, with accommodation for one thousan...
The main nucleus of this project consists of an eight storey building, housing 9 main lecture rooms,...
An extension to the existing buildings was recently carried out at the above Academy. This extension...
This article describes the most interesting features in the construction of this tall building. Ment...
Costruire una volta ha sempre nei secoli rappresentato un’arte pratica che si nutriva del contributo...
The symbolic tower of the horticultural exhibition, held recently in Vienna, is a 260 m high structu...
The main characteristic of this Institute is its configuration, with one body of flat construction; ...
The author of this work has succeeded both in respecting municipal ordinances and in creating a buil...
Proyecto de concurso para el gimnasio de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Madri
The project consists of three blocks, as follows: — The lower one storey block, containing the C...
This structure organizes in three levals the various functions related to the academy such as classr...
A The project is basically comprised of two twin towers of offices, each with 30 floors above ground...
This small local theatre, which is used alternatively as a cinema, is an architectural unit whose ma...
The project was awarded the first price at a competition initiated in 1963, and it is based on the u...
I. Reading hall of the Bale University Library Otto H. Senn, architect The roof of the central ha...