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List Of Thin Shell Structures
Thin-shell structures are lightweight constructions using List of structural elements, shell elements. Notable projects Asia/Pacific * Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan * Parish of the Holy Sacrifice at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines * Putrajaya Convention Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia * Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia * Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan * Tower Infinity, Seoul, South Korea Europe * Adziogol Lighthouse, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine * Aquatoll, Neckarsulm, Germany * Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Berlin Main Station, Berlin, Germany * Opernhaus Dortmund, Dortmund Opera House, Dortmund, Germany * Dos Hermanas Velodrome, Dos Hermanas, Spain * Eden Project, Cornwall, England * Espace des Inventions, Swiss national exposition of 1964, Lausanne, Switzerland * Europe 1 Transmitter Building, Felsberg-Berus, Germany * Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany * Imperial War Museum Duxford, Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England * :File:Moscow Kievsy Rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), in English House of World Cultures, in Berlin is Germany's national center for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies. It presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on visual art and culture. It is one of the institutions which, due to their national and international standing and the quality of their work, receive funding from the federal government as so-called "lighthouses of culture", from the Federal Minister of State for Culture and the Media as well as from the Federal Foreign Office. As a venue and collaboration partner, HKW has hosted festivals such as the transmediale, curatorial platforms, biennials such as the Berlin Documentary Forum, and mentorship programs such as Forecast. Since 2013, its interdisciplinary elaboration on the Anthropocene discourse has included co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Shukhov Rotunda
Shukhov Rotunda (architecture), Rotunda was a round exhibition pavilion built for All-Russia Exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It was built in 1896 with a diagrid hanging cover (tensile gridshell – diagrid roof, Russian Empire patent No. 1894, dated March 12, 1899) and was the world's first Hyperboloid structure (in the center of the Rotunda). It is named after Vladimir Shukhov, who designed it in 1895. The Rotunda was high with a diameter of . The diameter of the steel Tensile structure, membrane was . The rotunda was subsequently moved to Yessentuki and demolished in the 1980s. See also References Sources * "The Nijni-Novgorod exhibition: Water tower, room under construction, springing of 91 feet span", The Engineer (UK magazine), "The Engineer", № 19.3.1897, P.292-294, London, 1897. * Elizabeth C. English [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Sagrada Familia
Sagrada is a Spanish word meaning "sacred Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects ( ...". Sagrada may also refer to: * Sagrada, Missouri, a community in the United States * La Sagrada Família, a church in Barcelona, Spain *'' Cascara sagrada'' ("sacred bark") the common name for the medicinal plant Rhamnus purshiana * ''Sagrada'' (board game), a dice-drafting board game {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.Among the national museums in London, sculpture and decorative art, decorative and applied art are in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the British Museum houses earlier art, non-Western art, prints and drawings. The National Gallery holds the national collection of Western European art to about 1900, while art of the 20th century on is at Tate Modern. Tate Britain holds British Art from 1500 onwards. Books, manuscripts and many works on paper are in the British Library. There are significant overlaps between the coverage of the various collections. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum. In 2023, the museum received 5,820,860 visitors, 42% more than the previous y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Queen Elizabeth II Great Court
The Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, commonly referred to simply as the Great Court, is the covered central quadrangle of the British Museum in London. It was redeveloped during the late 1990s to a design by Foster and Partners, from a 1970s design by Colin St John Wilson. The court was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. Description The court has a tessellated glass roof, engineered by Buro HappoldQueen Elizabeth II Great Court, British Museum accessed 22 November 2010 and built by , covering the entire court, and surrounds the original circular [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |