Large shell structures made of concrete or stone are hardly ever built any more. The reason is that their construction requires large, expensive supporting structures. A completely new construction ...

When concrete shells are constructed, they usually have to be supported by elaborate timber structures. A revolutionary technique developed at the Vienna University of Technology now uses inflatable ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a new travel blog. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. With its ring of verdant islands surrounding a deep sapphire lagoon, the Enewetak coral ...

Constructing a concrete dome is a costly process, but this may change soon. A team from the Vienna University of Technology has developed a method that allows concrete domes to form with the use of ...

IDAHO FALLS – In 1967, Barry South and his brothers David and Randy came up with an idea for a business that changed the shape of potato cellars for some eastern Idaho growers – they wanted to ...

A table full of snacks, a cooler full of drinks and an iTunes playlist full of songs from Jimi Hendrix to Eminem was the recipe for a perfect summer day by the lake for a group of friends in Morris.

This news release is available in German. Large shell structures made of concrete or stone are hardly ever built any more. The reason is that their construction requires large, expensive supporting ...

Long before the Chinese worked out how to 3-D print concrete houses, there was the Binishell. Developed in the ’60s by architect Dante Bini, the Binishell was, and is, a way of building by inflating ...