The shells act in the same way ... The Pantheon in Rome and the Basilica of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are spectacular examples that remain to this day. In those times, there was no structural ...

has culminated in an exhibition at Chicago's Gallery 400 titled 'Félix Candela's Concrete Shells: An Engineered Architecture for México and Chicago', based on the research of scholar Juan ...

Shell art and cement panels aren’t usually considered prime materials for great architecture ... The main entrance, for example, features a ramp which can be used like a chaise lounge to ...

She used 3D printing technology to design crystalline shells inspired by architecture to illustrate the concept. First, Inomata CT scanned unoccupied shells abandoned by the hermit crabs to gain ...

for example, reduce gas-guzzling drag in vehicles and airplanes and reduce the weight of armor, lightening the load for the 21st-century knight. But revealing exoskeleton architecture at the ...

Scientists at Australia’s RMIT University have come up with 3D printing technique for concrete that affords it greater strength, by mimicking the curvy patterns found on lobster shells.