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List of thin-shell structures
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<h2 id="notable-projects">Notable projects</h2> <h3>Asia/Pacific</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Nagoya_Dome/1RYAjGvw">Nagoya Dome</a>, Nagoya, Japan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Parish_of_the_Holy_Sacrifice/SF3NzoLE">Parish of the Holy Sacrifice</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_the_Philippines_Diliman/HaSLdy4v">University of the Philippines Diliman</a>, Quezon City, Philippines</li> <li><a href="/facts/Putrajaya_Convention_Centre/fltP8KgA">Putrajaya Convention Centre</a>, Putrajaya, Malaysia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sydney_Opera_House/K378spe2">Sydney Opera House</a>, Sydney, Australia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tokyo_Dome/s8t6rQvK">Tokyo Dome</a>, Tokyo, Japan</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tower_Infinity/Wyzf6Ux3">Tower Infinity</a>, Seoul, South Korea</li></ul> <h3>Europe</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Adziogol_Lighthouse/PdQwlb5g">Adziogol Lighthouse</a>, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine</li> <li>Aquatoll, Neckarsulm, Germany</li> <li><a href="/facts/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof/WnHUK980">Berlin Main Station</a>, Berlin, Germany</li> <li><a href="/facts/Opernhaus_Dortmund/tmeEaYMA">Dortmund Opera House</a>, Dortmund, Germany</li> <li>Dos Hermanas Velodrome, Dos Hermanas, Spain</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eden_Project/S6ssslAM">Eden Project</a>, Cornwall, England</li> <li>Espace des Inventions, Swiss national exposition of 1964, Lausanne, Switzerland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Europe_1_Transmitter_Building/zWeaShTy">Europe 1 Transmitter Building</a>, Felsberg-Berus, Germany</li> <li><a href="/facts/Haus_der_Kulturen_der_Welt/f2z3x8LK">Haus der Kulturen der Welt</a>, Berlin, Germany</li> <li><a href="/facts/Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford/CrSDmumW">Imperial War Museum</a>, Duxford, England</li> <li>Parabolic steel-and-glass roof of the <a href="/facts/Kiyevsky_railway_station/fw8MAmTB">Kiyevsky railway station</a>, Moscow, Russia</li> <li>Korkeasaari Lookout Tower, Helsinki, Finland</li> <li><a href="/facts/L%2527Oceanogr%25C3%25A0fic/mMFK9Act">L'Oceanogràfic</a> at the <a href="/facts/City_of_Arts_and_Sciences/sbULQ34P">City of Arts and Sciences</a>, Valencia, Spain</li> <li>Lotus Sculpture at the <a href="/facts/Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed/meHmuoc1">Goodwood Festival of Speed</a>, UK</li> <li>Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palau_Guell/xUxHJGVb">Palau Guell</a>, Barcelona, Spain</li> <li>Philips Pavilion at the <a href="/facts/Expo_%252758/926hwbJn">Expo '58</a>, Brussels, Belgium</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pylons_of_Cadiz/5LM3MW4d">Pylons of Cadiz</a>, Cadiz, Spain</li> <li><a href="/facts/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Great_Court/6Dl8Sy7t">Queen Elizabeth II Great Court</a> of the <a href="/facts/British_Museum/mq5LadWV">British Museum</a>, London, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sagrada_Familia/n3zWBghu">Sagrada Familia</a>, Barcelona, Spain</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shukhov_Rotunda/ukYQYEby">Shukhov's Rotunda</a> at the <a href="/facts/All-Russia_exhibition_1896/lNEzv6lK">All-Russia exhibition</a>, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Shukhov_Tower/k1qdgQk7">Shukhov Tower</a>, Moscow, Russia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Stanislav_Range_Front_Light/l96FkGMB">Stanislav Range Front Light</a>, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine</li> <li><a href="/facts/Flieger-Flab-Museum/thdqqw6K">Swiss Air Force Museum</a>, Zurich, Switzerland</li> <li><a href="/facts/Weald_and_Downland_Gridshell/sdEX3RC1">Weald and Downland Gridshell</a> at the <a href="/facts/Weald_and_Downland_Open_Air_Museum/5QNcrt8T">Weald and Downland Open Air Museum</a>, Chichester, England</li> <li><a href="/facts/Planetarium_Jena/mVCBQs3A">Zeiss-Planetarium</a>, Jena, Germany</li> <li>Norwich Sports Village,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Norwich, UK</li></ul> <h3>North America</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Centre_Pierre_Charbonneau/IyATcY2o">Centre Pierre Charbonneau</a>, Montréal, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dorton_Arena/fvWvIAsW">Dorton Arena</a>, North Carolina, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ingalls_Rink/0MfD9GzX">Ingalls Rink</a> at <a href="/facts/Yale_University/KUdS6jt1">Yale University</a>, Connecticut, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kresge_Auditorium/eR7QWJd2">Kresge Auditorium</a>, Massachusetts, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lambert-St._Louis_International_Airport/TnEIh7VH">Lambert-St. Louis International Airport</a>, Missouri, US</li> <li>McDonnell Planetarium at the <a href="/facts/St._Louis_Science_Center/NHUTzR0t">St. Louis Science Center</a>, Missouri, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Montreal_Biosph%25C3%25A8re/P1ltA4sb">Montreal Biosphère</a>, Montreal, Canada</li> <li>Payson Athletic Center, Arizona, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Scotiabank_Saddledome/QIsR8CJr">Scotiabank Saddledome</a>, Alberta, Canada</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spaceship_Earth_(Epcot)/jW9Bj1d8">Spaceship Earth</a> at <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_World_Resort/fqeJkejj">Disney World</a>, Florida, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/TWA_Flight_Center/vDqvtlJK">TWA Flight Center</a> of <a href="/facts/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport/UcNGmMFm">John F. Kennedy International Airport</a>, New York, US</li> <li><a href="/facts/Washington_Dulles_International_Airport/LVrznPXy">Washington Dulles International Airport</a>, Virginia, US</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thin-shell structures. <ul><li><a href="http://en.structurae.de/structures/stype/index.cfm?ID=1009">Thin-shell structures</a> at <a href="/facts/Structurae/V5sks6EK">Structurae</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.structurae.de/structures/stype/index.cfm?ID=1013">Double thin-shells structures</a> at <a href="/facts/Structurae/V5sks6EK">Structurae</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Shell Structures: lessons in structural efficiency for sustainable construction, The Structural Engineer, IStructE 2020, https://www.istructe.org/journal/volumes/volume-98-(2020)/issue-4/shell-structures-lessons-in-structural-efficiency/ <a href="https://www.istructe.org/journal/volumes/volume-98-(2020)/issue-4/shell-structures-lessons-in-structural-efficiency/" target="_blank">https://www.istructe.org/journal/volumes/volume-98-(2020)/issue-4/shell-structures-lessons-in-structural-efficiency/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>