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Modern domes: Thin shell

Image-GoddenE36 Auditorium Building. Thin concrete shell roof supported on a ring-beam. This shell and ring were made at ground level and jacked up into position on top of the columns. (Anderson, Indiana)

Image-GoddenE37 Auditorium Building. Inside the thin shell dome. The scale of the structure can be seen from the figures standing at the entrance to the auditorium. (Anderson, Indiana)

Image-GoddenE38 Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This truncated spherical shell is supported at three symmetric points. It is 1/8th of a sphere of radius 112 ft., and is 157 ft. span from supporting pin to pin (Boston, Massachusetts)

Set E: Domes and Shells