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A suspended structure is a structure which is supported by cables coming from beams or trusses which sit atop a concrete center column or core. The design allows the walls, roof and cantilevered floors to be supported entirely by cables and a center column.

The terminal of Washington Dulles International Airport is an example of a catenary suspended structure.

A cable suspended structure: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo

BP Building roof truss suspended structure

HSBC Building (Hong Kong) steel suspended structure

Dulles International Airport

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Dulles International Airport is an international airport in Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, United States, 26 miles (42 km) west of downtown Washington, D.C.

Dulles International Airport's main terminal at dusk

FAA airport diagram

Dulles Airport in April 1970, showing the main terminal's original size

First Lady Pat Nixon ushered in the era of jumbo jets by christening the first Boeing 747 at Dulles, January 15, 1970.