Zeiss / Dywidag shell for planetarium No 1 built at Jena. 1922
Walter Bauersfeld, Carl zeiss,Jena and Franz Dischinger, Dywidag
The shell was finished with sprayed concrete
Dischinger did a doctor thesis on the theory of polygonal shells in 1929
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell, Buro Happold
Engineer Franz Dischinger,
1/5th model of a market shell for Dresden constructed by Dywidag 1931. 7.3m square,
15mm thick at the crown, 25mm at the edges
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell, Buro Happold
Brynmawr rubber factory 1950, Arup and Jenkins
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell, Buro Happold
Smithfield poultry market. Model tests to establish buckling load. Shell thickness was 1/4
inches. Buckling load was found to be 190 lbs/sq.ft at full size.
Hatfield pool
©1963
Hatfield Swimming Pool 1965
Cooling Towers at Didcot
120m high by 100 feet diameter
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell, Buro Happold
ST21 Stuttgart’;s new train station
Ingenhoven, Otto, Leonhardt &
Andrae, Buro Happold.
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell,
Buro Happold
ST21 Stuttgart’;s new train station
Ingenhoven, Otto, Leonhardt &
Andrae, Buro Happold.
Concrete Shells, Ian Liddell, Buro Happold