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Extensive use of cables to support roofs is noted; there is also wide use of thin shell concrete and number of applications of structural welding, prestressed concrete, laminated timber, and aluminum; expanses of plastics and glass are achieving effects of light weight and airiness in buildings; several pavilions are described.
Extensive use of cables to support roofs is noted; there is also wide use of thin shell concrete and number of applications of structural welding, prestressed concrete, laminated timber, and aluminum; expanses of plastics and glass are achieving effects of light weight and airiness in buildings; several pavilions are described.
1958 world's fair is structural show
Eng News-Rec
Bowman, W. (author)
Engineering News-Record ; 159
1957
Article (Journal)
English
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