Best Lattice shell structures

Natalibest · August 4th, 2008, 08:51 PM

I suggest to make the review of Lattice shell structures (gridshells)

1. Sir Norman Foster, 30 St Mary Axe ("The Gherkin", Swiss Re), London

2. Sir Norman Foster, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London

3. Massimiliano Fuksas, Vela, Milan

4. Buckminster Fuller, Montreal Biosphère, Canada

5. Takenaka Corporation, Nagoya Dome, Japan

6. Hadi Simaan, Aspire Tower, Doha, Qatar

7. Vladimir Shukhov, Hyperboloid steel tower-gridshell, Moscow, 1922

"Arkhitektura i mnimosti": The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture
in the Russian mystical-philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition."
by English, Elizabeth Cooper, Ph.D.,
University of Pennsylvania, 2000, 264 pages; AAT 9989589.

8. IBA, 610m - Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, China

9. NIKKEN SEKKEI, Kobe Port Tower, Japan

10. Hodder Associates, Corporation street bridge, Manchester, UK

11. ARCHIMATICA, Pisanka building, Kiev, Ukraine

12. Nicholas Grimshaw, Eden Project, Cornwall, UK

13. Frei Otto, Olympic Stadium (Munich), Germany

14. Herzog & de Meuron, Beijing National Stadium, China

Many photos of Lattice shell structures:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=339347

Natalibest · August 4th, 2008, 09:08 PM

World's First steel gridshell, Russia, 1896,
Hyperboloid structure by Vladimir Shukhov:

The All-Russia exhibition, Nizhniy Novgorod, 1896

Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2006

Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2008

Lattice · August 5th, 2008, 09:10 AM

Walther Bauersfeld, geodesic dome of Zeiss Planetarium,
Jena, Germany, 1922 (more than 20 years before Buckminster Fuller)

altayskaya · August 5th, 2008, 12:01 PM

Frank Gehry, DZ Bank building

Lattice · August 6th, 2008, 03:47 PM

James Law’s High Tech Lattice ‘Cybertecture Egg’ for Mumbai, India:

altayskaya · August 6th, 2008, 08:27 PM

The gridshell of ASM Fuller Dome, Cleveland, USA:

The Double curvature steel gridshell (during construction),
Vyksa near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1897! Architect - Vladimir Shukhov

Lattice · August 6th, 2008, 10:15 PM

The gridshell structure of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station:

Natalibest · August 7th, 2008, 07:19 AM

The Lattice shell of the Kansai International Airport near Osaka, Japan, Renzo Piano:

Lattice · August 7th, 2008, 08:59 AM

The gridshell of Aquatoll (Neckarsulm, Germany):

skydive · August 7th, 2008, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lattice

James Law’s High Tech Lattice ‘Cybertecture Egg’ for Mumbai:

now that is very nice and distinctive

Lattice · August 7th, 2008, 09:31 AM

The gridshell of The Savill Garden Visitor Centre, Windsor, UK:

Lattice · August 7th, 2008, 09:51 AM

Norman Foster, the gridshell of Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, D.C, USA:

image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

redbaron_012 · August 7th, 2008, 10:35 AM

Footbridge Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia.

Melbourne Arts Centre Spire.

Federation Square Atrium, Melbourne.

philip · August 7th, 2008, 10:45 AM

Wow, this thread is great !

I am impressed by all Norman Fosters' designs.

Natalibest · August 7th, 2008, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbaron_012

Footbridge Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia.

Nice shell!

Natalibest · August 7th, 2008, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philip

Wow, this thread is great !

I am impressed by all Norman Fosters' designs.

I like Norman Foster's, Fuller's and Sukhov's designs

altayskaya · August 7th, 2008, 11:46 AM

The Lattice shell of WATER DROP TOWER - PROJECT:

Natalibest · August 7th, 2008, 03:36 PM

The Lattice shell of the Cheongna City Tower Project (450m)
by Various Architects:

Lattice · August 7th, 2008, 04:50 PM

Adziogol Lighthouse (near Kherson, Ukraine)
by Vladimir Shukhov, 1911

Lattice · August 7th, 2008, 04:54 PM

The Lattice shell of 300-m Vortex Tower in London,
project by Ken Shattlworth

August 4th, 2008, 08:51 PM	#1
Natalibest Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 55 Likes (Received): 2	Gridshells by Shukhov, Bauersfeld, Fuller, Otto, Foster ... I suggest to make the review of Lattice shell structures (gridshells) 1. Sir Norman Foster, 30 St Mary Axe ("The Gherkin", Swiss Re), London 2. Sir Norman Foster, Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, London 3. Massimiliano Fuksas, Vela, Milan 4. Buckminster Fuller, Montreal Biosphère, Canada 5. Takenaka Corporation, Nagoya Dome, Japan 6. Hadi Simaan, Aspire Tower, Doha, Qatar 7. Vladimir Shukhov, Hyperboloid steel tower-gridshell, Moscow, 1922 "Arkhitektura i mnimosti": The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture in the Russian mystical-philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition." by English, Elizabeth Cooper, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2000, 264 pages; AAT 9989589. 8. IBA, 610m - Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower, China 9. NIKKEN SEKKEI, Kobe Port Tower, Japan 10. Hodder Associates, Corporation street bridge, Manchester, UK 11. ARCHIMATICA, Pisanka building, Kiev, Ukraine 12. Nicholas Grimshaw, Eden Project, Cornwall, UK 13. Frei Otto, Olympic Stadium (Munich), Germany 14. Herzog & de Meuron, Beijing National Stadium, China Many photos of Lattice shell structures: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=339347 Last edited by Natalibest; September 21st, 2008 at 06:50 AM.

August 4th, 2008, 09:08 PM	#2
Natalibest Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 55 Likes (Received): 2	World's First Lattice Hyperboloid structure World's First steel gridshell, Russia, 1896, Hyperboloid structure by Vladimir Shukhov: The All-Russia exhibition, Nizhniy Novgorod, 1896 Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2006 Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, 2008 Last edited by Natalibest; August 19th, 2008 at 03:05 PM.

August 5th, 2008, 09:10 AM	#3
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Geodesic dome of Zeiss Planetarium Walther Bauersfeld, geodesic dome of Zeiss Planetarium, Jena, Germany, 1922 (more than 20 years before Buckminster Fuller) Last edited by Lattice; August 13th, 2008 at 12:49 PM.

August 5th, 2008, 12:01 PM	#4
altayskaya Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	Frank Gehry Frank Gehry, DZ Bank building Last edited by altayskaya; August 8th, 2008 at 10:44 AM.

August 6th, 2008, 03:47 PM	#5
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Cybertecture Egg, Mumbai James Law’s High Tech Lattice ‘Cybertecture Egg’ for Mumbai, India: Last edited by Lattice; August 9th, 2008 at 10:14 PM.

August 6th, 2008, 08:27 PM	#6
altayskaya Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	Double curvature lattice shells The gridshell of ASM Fuller Dome, Cleveland, USA: The Double curvature steel gridshell (during construction), Vyksa near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1897! Architect - Vladimir Shukhov Last edited by altayskaya; August 16th, 2008 at 06:51 PM.

August 6th, 2008, 10:15 PM	#7
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station The gridshell structure of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station: Last edited by Lattice; August 16th, 2008 at 03:15 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 07:19 AM	#8
Natalibest Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 55 Likes (Received): 2	Kansai International Airport The Lattice shell of the Kansai International Airport near Osaka, Japan, Renzo Piano: Last edited by Natalibest; August 7th, 2008 at 08:44 AM.

August 7th, 2008, 08:59 AM	#9
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Gridshell of Aquatoll The gridshell of Aquatoll (Neckarsulm, Germany): Last edited by Lattice; August 16th, 2008 at 03:16 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 09:31 AM	#11
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Savill Garden Visitor Centre The gridshell of The Savill Garden Visitor Centre, Windsor, UK: Last edited by Lattice; August 16th, 2008 at 03:14 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 09:51 AM	#12
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Roof of Smithsonian American Art Museum Norman Foster, the gridshell of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C, USA: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Last edited by Lattice; August 16th, 2008 at 03:15 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 10:35 AM	#13
redbaron_012 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 6,044 Likes (Received): 115	Footbridge Yarra River, Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Arts Centre Spire. Federation Square Atrium, Melbourne. __________________ "Make no small plans, for they have not power to stir the blood" - Daniel H. Burnham

August 7th, 2008, 10:45 AM	#14
philip The Picture Guy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 521 Likes (Received): 1	Wow, this thread is great ! I am impressed by all Norman Fosters' designs. __________________ I am the Picture Guy - A picture is worth a thousand words.

August 7th, 2008, 11:46 AM	#17
altayskaya Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 67 Likes (Received): 0	WATER DROP TOWER - PROJECT The Lattice shell of WATER DROP TOWER - PROJECT:

August 7th, 2008, 03:36 PM	#18
Natalibest Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 55 Likes (Received): 2	Project of Cheongna Tower near Seoul, Korea The Lattice shell of the Cheongna City Tower Project (450m) by Various Architects: Last edited by Natalibest; August 10th, 2008 at 06:43 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 04:50 PM	#19
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	Adziogol Lighthouse Adziogol Lighthouse (near Kherson, Ukraine) by Vladimir Shukhov, 1911 Last edited by Lattice; August 9th, 2008 at 10:23 PM.

August 7th, 2008, 04:54 PM	#20
Lattice Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Moscow Posts: 197 Likes (Received): 1	300m Vortex Tower Project The Lattice shell of 300-m Vortex Tower in London, project by Ken Shattlworth Last edited by Lattice; August 9th, 2008 at 07:13 AM.

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