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No forms used for this shell roof
Twelve-sided double-curved conoid shell roof, 3 in. thick with clear unsupported span of 66 ft, has been built without formwork for Beth Israel Synagogue at Miami Beach, Fla; structure was designed for hurricane load conditions; construction of roof and sides of building was accomplished with gas concrete sprayed at low pressure on fabric of metal riblath hooked to reinforcing rods.
No forms used for this shell roof
Twelve-sided double-curved conoid shell roof, 3 in. thick with clear unsupported span of 66 ft, has been built without formwork for Beth Israel Synagogue at Miami Beach, Fla; structure was designed for hurricane load conditions; construction of roof and sides of building was accomplished with gas concrete sprayed at low pressure on fabric of metal riblath hooked to reinforcing rods.
No forms used for this shell roof
Concrete Construction
1966
Article (Journal)
English
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