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  2. Shell (structure) - Wikipedia

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    Shell structure of the TWA Flight Center Building by Eero Saarinen, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York The Forest Opera, an open-air amphitheatre in Sopot, Poland, with a membrane roof. Great Court, with a lattice thin-shell roof by Buro Happold with Norman Foster, British Museum, London. A shell is a three-dimensional solid ...

  3. Concrete shell - Wikipedia

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    Most concrete shell structures are roofs. Concrete shell construction techniques are well suited for complex curves and are also used to build boat hulls (called ferroconcrete). Historically, it was used by the British to create the Mulberry Harbours for the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy. [2]

  4. List of thin-shell structures - Wikipedia

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    The world's 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.

  5. Binishell - Wikipedia

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    In 1971, several Binishells were constructed in Australia, for a governmental initiative that required rapid building system for multi-purpose centers. [5] Bini also completed the construction of a tourist village in Cairns, Australia, using Minishells in 1980. [4] More recently the system is being re-launched by Dante Bini's son Nicoló Bini, AIA.

  6. TWA Flight Center - Wikipedia

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    The head house of the TWA Flight Center, designed by Eero Saarinen and his associates, is a pioneering example of thin-shell construction, consisting of a reinforced concrete shell roof supported at the corners. [2] The design incorporates elements of the Futurist, Neo-futurist, Googie and Fantastic architectural styles. [3]

  7. Green Roofing and Siding: Earth-friendly options for your ...

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    Just as products for home interiors have been getting greener, there's a growing variety of exterior treatments for creating an ecologically sound home shell. Roofing and siding are both tall ...

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