Interior
Detail of Cable/Fabric Connection
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Interior
Detail of Cable/Fabric Connection
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Connection of Roof to Berm
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Interior
Detail of Exhibit Platform
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Interior
Detail of Exhibit Platform
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Interior
Roof Structure
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Interior
View
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Interior
Roof Structure
Compression Ring
Foil-Faced Mylar over Berm
Air Supply Ducts
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Interior
View
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Interior
Exhibits
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Interior
Air Supply Duct
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Interior
Underside of Exhibit Platform
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Interior
Concrete Entry Detail
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Construction
Delivery of 100,000 sq. ft.
of Fabric
fig. a, p. 426

Construction
Handling of 100,000 sq. ft.
of Fabric
fig. a, p. 426

Construction
Excavated Site
Progressive Architecture
August 1970, p. 64

View during Roof Inflation
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Construction
Stretching Fabric across the Berm
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Construction
Bending During Inflation
Membrane Structures
Wilkes: Encyclopedia of Architecture,
Design, and Construction, vol. 3, 1989
fig. e, p. 406

Construction
Falsework and Cables in Place
Progressive Architecture
August 1970, p. 67

Construction
Interior Before Exhibit Installation
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Construction
Installation of Foil Surface
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Construction
Interior Before Expo 70
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Construction
Person walking on top of the dome
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Construction
David Geiger observing construction
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Construction
Interior before exhibits installed
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Section Detail
Cable Crossing and
Lacing-Skirt Detail
Civil Engineering - ASCE
March 1970, fig. 3, p. 50

Ring Cross Section
Building Research and Practice
March/April 1975, p. 80

Section Detail
Typical Ring Detail
Progressive Architecture
August 1970, p. 66

Detail
Cable/Ring Connection
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Section Detail
Cable/Fabric/Ring Connection
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Section Detail
Cable/Fabric/Ring Connection
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Detail
Cable/Ring Connection
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Berm Section
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Free Body Diagram
Wind
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Plan and Section
Dome as Built
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