A concrete shell, also commonly called thin shell concrete structure, is a structure composed of a relatively thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior...

Materials range from concrete (a concrete shell) to fabric (as in fabric structures). Thin-shell structures (also called plate and shell structures) are lightweight...

Look up shell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shell may refer to: Shell (structure), a thin structure Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually...

Tabby is a type of concrete made by burning oyster shells to create lime, then mixing it with water, sand, ash and broken oyster shells. Tabby was used by...

He was granted a patent for reinforcing concrete flowerpots by means of mixing a wire mesh and a mortar shell in 1867. In 1877, Monier was granted another...

mosque features a contemporary design consisting of eight sides of concrete shell and is inspired by the design of a typical Bedouin tent. A major tourist...

they are precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs, not shells in a strictly structural sense. Though the shells appear uniformly white...

modern 152 mm ordnance pieces of the Russian Army. The G-530 HEAC anti-concrete shell had a muzzle velocity of 457 m/s when fired with the "first" charge...

formed out of a reinforced concrete shank, is 146 metres high. The 122-metre drop tube is free-standing within the concrete shell, in order to prevent the...

personnel, fortifications and key structures in the enemy rear. The anti-concrete G-530 shell was also sometimes used against armored vehicles with good results...

rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years...

architect and for his innovative use of reinforced concrete, especially with numerous notable thin shell structures worldwide. Nervi was born in Sondrio...

main part of the structure consists of two concrete membranes separated by a space of 6'11", forming a shell which constitutes the roof of the building...

roof's thin concrete shell was designed to span a wide space using as little material as possible. The roof is composed of four concrete shells: two upward-slanting...

airports with triple takeoff/landing capability List of thin shell structures Thin-shell structure List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United...

their apexes, concrete struts were inserted at 10-foot (3 m) intervals. A relatively thick concrete arch was added to each end of the shells to stiffen them...

Binishells are reinforced concrete thin-shell structures that are lifted and shaped by air pressure. The original technology was invented in the 1960s...

Concrete military bunkers are a ubiquitous sight in Albania, with an average of 5.7 bunkers for every square kilometer (14.7 per square mile). The bunkers...

the concrete shell was introduced there to obtain necessary stiffness for a 70m span. In 1924 he applied the same principle of corrugated shell roofing...

entire design, layout, and decoration of the apartment. It was a raw concrete shell with no windows when his work on the apartment began. Donghia's design...

walls are thick, solid, massive, and permanent. The main reinforced concrete shell of the Church of the Light is 15 inches thick. "In all my works, light...

Administration Building's primary interior space is a great workroom with concrete shell columns topped by large "calyxes". The Administration Building also...

It is an unusual structure situated on a man-made lake and featuring concrete shell construction. Major renovations and an expansion were begun in 2010...

than 80 different species of plants. The steel-fiber reinforced concrete thin-shell structure was designed by renown architect Félix Candela, at age...

The roof was constructed as a double-layered concrete shell, built in 924 precast reinforced concrete sections. Inverted T-shaped sections provided the...

(co-founder of SANAA). The museum building is made of a freestanding concrete shell which is 25 cm-thick, 40 by 60 meters, and 4 meters at its highest point...

ceiling is made of reinforced concrete shells, only 12 centimetres thick and spanning 17 metres. The curved cylindrical shells rest on flanges supported by...

before being replaced with a larger one to begin the 2004 season. The shell is set against the backdrop of the Hollywood Hills and the Hollywood Sign...

was destroyed by fire in 1958. Its roof is claimed to be the largest concrete shell structure ever built, and the largest clear spanning dome roof in Europe...

larger metal panels which form the jacket were installed. In 2002, the concrete and the white exterior trencadís plaster work were completed. The complicated...