The gently curved roof appears to lie on the building like a light cloth. In reality, however, the steel structure weighs 500 tonnes and spans the two-storey passages partly as a dome and partly as a ...

"It soon became apparent, that in fact, an aeroplane wing itself could work," he says on his website. "In researching aeroplane wings and superimposing different aeroplane wing types on the site to ...

For the past 15 years, the architects from the Slovene studio Enota have been working with the operators of the Olimia spa in Podčetrtek. During this time, they have remodelled the therapeutic bath ...

Listed as a historical cultural monument since 1998, this timber lattice self-supporting roof structure allows diffused light into the building and creates a sense of weightlessness inside.

What makes the panels unique is that the skins are made of oriented strand board. This creates a strong, highly insulated panel that is self-supporting without the need for additional basic wall ...

Material and manufacturing requirements for self–supporting roof coverings are given in the European standard BS EN 508 Parts 1, 2 and 3, which are for steel, aluminium and stainless steel ...

The roof of this Malibu house is made from the wings of an aeroplane. The suspended wings rest over self-supporting glass walls that front the hillside house, which was designed by American ...

The diminutive walls have to be kept clear of the moving, self-supporting roof. Now swaddled in canvas and scaffolding, the structure looks non-descript in the extreme.