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Structural form in architecture: domes, arches and shells. (This and the next several slides.) |
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Left side: Pantheon, Rome, AD 130; Right Side: Hagia Sophia, Istambul AD 537 |
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Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (IL DUOMO), AD 1471 |
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Left: St. Paul's Cathedral, London, AD 1710; Right: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., AD 1868 |
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Left: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, AD 1626; Middle: Taj Mahal, Agra, AD 1648; Right: Gol Gumbad, Bijapur, AD 1656 |
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A 4000 square foot, luxury reingorced concere monolithic dome built in Florida for a home |
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The upstream-side of the Hoover Dam is shown as it fills for the first time (1935) |
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Cast-in-place hangars for the Italian Air Force (1930s by Pier Luigi Nervi) |
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Waterloo Station, UK. Architect Nicholas Grimshaw |
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Basketball Stadium: 20000 seating capacity |
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Roof of the Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy, 1958, by architect Pier Luigi Nervi |
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Kresge Auditorium by Eero Saarinen 1954 (MIT campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts) |
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Trans World Airlines Terminal, Eero Saarinen (1962) |
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A rather elaborate free-form "Binishell" |
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Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia |
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