Diagrid
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A diagrid is a framework of diagonally intersecting metal, concrete, or wooden beams that is used in the construction of buildings and roofs. It requires less structural steel than a conventional stee
Base of 30 St Mary Axe, London, UK
The world's first diagrid hyperboloid structure in Polibino, Russia
MyZeil, Frankfurt, Germany
CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China
Shell (structure)
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A shell is a three-dimensional solid structural element whose thickness is very small compared to its other dimensions. It is characterized in structural terms by mid-plane stress which is both coplan
Shell structure of the TWA Flight Center Building by Eero Saarinen, John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
Great Court, with a lattice thin-shell roof by Buro Happold with Norman Foster, British Museum, London