List of thin-shell structures
Appearance
Thin-shell structures are light weight constructions using shell elements.
Notable Projects


- Vladimir Shukhov, the world’s first hyperboloid steel shell and Shukhov's Rotunda, Nizhny Novgorod, All-Russia exhibition, 1896.
- Buckminster Fuller, Montreal Biosphère, Montreal, Canada
- Vladimir Shukhov, The world's first double curvature lattice steel Shell, Vyksa, Russia, 1897.
- Vladimir Shukhov, Adziogol Lighthouse and Stanislav Range Front Light, Ukraine, 1911
- Vladimir Shukhov, Parabolic steel-and-glass roof of Kiyevsky railway station, Moscow, Russia, 1914-1918
- Pylons of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
- Antonio Gaudi, Thin shell conoidal, hyperbolic, parabolic, and hyperbolic paraboloid vaults of sandwiched tile (The Church of the Colonia Guell, The Sagrada Familia, The Sagrada Familia Schoolhouse, The Palau Guell), 1916
- Vladimir Shukhov, Shukhov Tower, Moscow, 1922
- Eero Saarinen, TWA Flight Center of John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York[1]
- Eero Saarinen, Washington Dulles International Airport
- Buro Happold and Norman Foster, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, British Museum, London
- Europe 1 Transmitter Building, Felsberg-Berus, Germany
- Nicholas Grimshaw, Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
- Leandro V. Locsin, Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the Philippines Diliman
- Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
- Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
- Ville Hara, Lattice lookout tower, Helsinki, Finland
- Tower Infinity
- Le Corbusier, Iannis Xenakis, «Poème électronique» Philips Pavilion, Expo '58, Brussels
- Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
- Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Ingalls Rink, Yale University
- Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis
- Gyo Obata, the McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center in St. Louis
- Dorton Arena, Raleigh
- Imperial War Museum, Duxford
- Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal
- Hyperbolic paraboloid roof Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary
- Aquatoll lattice thin-shell
- Dos Hermanas Velodrome Roof
- Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Main Station)[2]
- Dortmund Opera House
- L'Oceanogràfic, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia
- Payson Multipurpose Center, Payson, Arizona
- Planetarium, Carl-Zeiss-Promenade, Jena, Germany
- Putrajaya Convention Centre, Malaysia[3]
- Swiss Air Force Museum, Zurich, Swiss
- Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, [4]
- Vela – Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy
- Spaceship Earth (Epcot), Walt Disney World Resort, Florida
- Lotus Sculpture at Goodwood Festival of Speed, UK, 2012
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