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Sydney opera house -- Engineer's view
Particular design features of opera house under construction in Sydney, Australia, are described; shells are more like Gothic arches; these arches are made of precast elements either Y-shaped or T-shaped in cross section; arches will be sheathed with precast lids covered by specially developed ceramic tile; precast elements are set in correct position by means of special erection arch which telescopes to required lengths of span, and swivels to proper angle; ends of shells are closed in with twisted glass walls, employing jointed mullions of varying curvature; this will avoid verticality and reflections which in other shell buildings have made glass seem load bearing; auditorium has acoustical reflector hanging from ribs.
Sydney opera house -- Engineer's view
Particular design features of opera house under construction in Sydney, Australia, are described; shells are more like Gothic arches; these arches are made of precast elements either Y-shaped or T-shaped in cross section; arches will be sheathed with precast lids covered by specially developed ceramic tile; precast elements are set in correct position by means of special erection arch which telescopes to required lengths of span, and swivels to proper angle; ends of shells are closed in with twisted glass walls, employing jointed mullions of varying curvature; this will avoid verticality and reflections which in other shell buildings have made glass seem load bearing; auditorium has acoustical reflector hanging from ribs.
Sydney opera house -- Engineer's view
Arch Rec
Architectural Record ; 139
1966
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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