In an article recently published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, researchers discussed the utility of automated robotic concrete spraying in the digital manufacturing of ribbed concrete shells.

A horizontally curved, precast- concrete, trapezoidal type of box-girder design that shaved some $9 million off an interchange project in Orlando, Fla., is attracting growing interest from the bridge ...

This article discusses historical examples of concrete structural systems along with various possibilities and uses of folded and curved beams, as well as textile-reinforced concrete shell structures ...

ETH Zurich, working in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHCODE) and Architecture Extrapolated (R-Ex) have unveiled a 3D-knitted shell serving as the primary ...

Throughout the 20th century, a number of innovators experimented with fabric as a flexible membrane for the support of fluid concrete, forming structural members. Significant among the early ...

Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of labor and material. A very resource ...

This Ahmedabad house by Shikha Parmar and Ashish Parmar of Achyutam Designs was designed as a new family home for a long-time client. Two structures, each apparently formed from a ribbon of concrete, ...