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The result is a building composed of irregularly shaped concrete floor slabs which lend the facade an undulating, sculptural quality. [ 2 ] [ 16 ] Gang cites the striated limestone outcroppings that are a common topographic feature of the Great Lakes region as inspiration for these slabs. [ 17 ]
Lift slab construction (also called the Youtz-Slick Method) is a method of constructing concrete buildings by casting the floor or roof slab on top of the previous slab and then raising (jacking) the slab up with hydraulic jacks. This method of construction allows for a large portion of the work to be completed at ground level, negating the ...
Waffle slab foundations adhere to International Building Code requirements. By 2008, most states put into effect the changes adopted in the 2006 IBC and, in regards to foundations, the on-grade mat foundation has become a more attractive design because, as an engineered system, it already accommodates the 2008 design recommendations, and required no major modifications to bring it into compliance.
Monolithic domes can be built as homes, office buildings, or for other purposes. [10] Completed in 1963, the University of Illinois Assembly Hall, located in Champaign, Illinois was and is the first ever concrete-domed arena (see also the Gridshell-like Centennial Hall in Wrocław, Poland from 1913). The design of the new building, by Max ...
Black Hawk Statue, Lowden State Park The statue stands on a bluff approximately 140 feet (43 m) feet above the Rock River. The 48-foot (15 m) tall statue, weighing 536,770 pounds (243,470 kg), is said to be the second largest monolithic concrete statue in the world (after Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro).
Monolithic architecture, a style of construction in which a building is carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material; Monolithic column, column made from one single piece of stone; Monolithic dome, structure cast in one piece over a form, made of concrete or similar structural material
Perspective drawing of the "Fireproof House". " A Fireproof House for $5000 " is an article and house design by Frank Lloyd Wright published in the Ladies' Home Journal in April 1907. It is Wright's third and final publication in the journal following " A Home in a Prairie Town " and " A Small House with 'Lots of Room in It' " from February and ...
A concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings, consisting of a flat, horizontal surface made of cast concrete. Steel- reinforced slabs, typically between 100 and 500 mm thick, are most often used to construct floors and ceilings, while thinner mud slabs may be used for exterior paving ( see below ).