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| Unity
by the Bay (religious structure) . 21st Street and N. Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida. Got a photo? Contact
us. |
Palm
Springs Visitor Center, formerly Tramway Gas Station, 2901 N. Palm
Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA. Got a photo? Contact
us. |
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St.
Charles Borromeo Church, Spokane, Washington. See more information
under Churches & Ecclesiastical
Buildings. Photograph courtesy Michael Houser. |
Photograph
courtesy Jeff Strom
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Venice
Beach Pavilion, Venice, Florida, by Cyril T. Tucker, AIA, 1964.
Structure is noted by Sarasota County on list of notable modern architecture.
Possible thematic nomination of beach pavilion by county. See more
photographs on our RPPN Venice Beach Pavilion
page. |
 Shade
pavilion, Stuart Pharmaceutical Company Office and Plant, 3360
E. Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 1958. Listed
in the National Register of Historic Places (at the state-wide
level of significance) in 1997. Edward Durell Stone, architect;
Thomas Church, landscape architect. Set in a sunken courtyard,
the shade pavilion is adjacent to an elliptical swimming pool
and bath house designed for the employees of the Stuart Company.
The steel-framed structure, originally painted gold, has a folded
plywood roof. It is now in deteriorated condition. It may, however,
be rehabilitated as part of a proposal for new development on
the site.
The
Stuart Company building is notable for the decorative screen
wall, which became a signature feature of Stone's work in
the late 1950s. The shade pavilion is a rare surviving artifact
of Space-Age design with associations with two famous designers:
Stone and Church.
Photographs and text submitted by member Jeff Cronin. Historic
image at right ca. 1960, photographer unknown.
See
also the RPPN page on Edward Durell Stone
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Apache
Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota. One
of the main points of architectural interest is the hyperbolic paraboloid
concrete shell roof of the central garden court. The roof is made
up of ten inverted umbrella hypars, each one 65 feet by 71 feet and
a
mere 3 inches thick. Also listed under Shopping
Centers. |
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Demolished!
Eduardo Catalano House in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1954. Built
by the young Argentinean architect for his own use, Preservation
North Carolina  made
a concerted effort to save this building, but it was demolished
in 2002. See more information on our
Catalano House page. |
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Resources
- Further Reading |
Mark
Ketchum's Concrete Shell Page Photo
gallery and ideabook for designers.
Milo
Ketchum Archive,
(1910-1999) Retired Structural Engineer and College Professor. His
old website
is still maintained; filled with information on Concrete Shell Structures
and BASIC Programs. Milo was Editor of the journal Structural
Engineering Practice - Analysis, Design, Management (published
by Marcel Dekker, Inc.) in the early 1980s. His editorials, published
in the first eight issues of the journal, are online.
International
Association for Shell and Spatial Structures
Headquartered at Laboratorio Central de Estructuras y Materiales,
Madrid, Spain.
The
Ferro Cement Network This site, and its associated FC discussion
email list, is dedicated to the detailed collection, dissemination,
and discussion of ferrocement technology for building construction. |
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