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From:
http://www.oasys-software.com/blog/2012/03/hyperboloid-structures-in-gsa/
Oasys Software Blog (Hyperboloid Structures in GSA
Peter Debney writes in March 2012:
“The first designer to make use of hyperboloid structures was the Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov. Born in 1853, Shukov built his first hyperboloid lattice tower in Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast in the 1890s, and came to international fame with his tower at the All Russia Exposition in 1896.
“Over his career, Shukov built over 200 different hyperboloid towers, with typical heights ranging from 12 to 70m. His crowning glory was the Shokov Tower, also known as the Shabolovka Radio Tower, in Moscow. This reached the dizzying heights of 350m, which was 50m taller than the Eiffel Tower yet, at 2,200 tonnes, used only a quarter of the steel.
“If you want to know more about Shukov and his place in Soviet engineering, check out the current Royal Academy of Arts exhibition: Building the Revolution (Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935), which also features Richard Pare’s magnificent photo of the Shokov Tower as its main image.”
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