It starts with a riddle that has long puzzled scientists: The Pantheon was built almost 2,000 years ago. The iconic structure, which boasts the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, has endured ...
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Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of labor and material. A very resource ...
The Colosseum, inaugurated in A.D. 80, seated 50,000 and hosted gladiatorial games, ritual animal hunts, parades and executions. Tiziana Fabi / AFP / Getty Images The Romans started making concrete ...
Covering a balloon with papier-mâché, letting it harden, and popping it to leave behind a delicate empty shell is a grade school arts and crafts tradition. For architect Nicoló Bini it's a technique ...
The Pantheon in Rome has stood for nearly 2,000 years, boasting the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth. Many other ...
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND — When Huiet and Helen Paul lost their beachfront home to Hurricane Hugo in 1989 — just as they were finishing up a $175,000 renovation — they didn't just rebuild. They rethought.
No Place Like Dome: BYU Students Design, Build Futuristic Home. CREDITS: Producer: Julie Walker; Videographers: Adam Sanders, Barret Schoenrock; Editors: Adam Sanders, Emily Hyatt For the first time ...