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Commonwealth's shell-roofed show-place
New Commonwealth Inst building in London is remarkable for its copper-clad hyperbolic paraboloid roof, and information on its construction is given; roof layout uses regular saddle-shaped shell in center flanked by 4 warped surfaces of varying curvature; other building details, ventilating system, etc, are also discussed.
Commonwealth's shell-roofed show-place
New Commonwealth Inst building in London is remarkable for its copper-clad hyperbolic paraboloid roof, and information on its construction is given; roof layout uses regular saddle-shaped shell in center flanked by 4 warped surfaces of varying curvature; other building details, ventilating system, etc, are also discussed.
Commonwealth's shell-roofed show-place
Engineering
Engineering ; 194
1962
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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