Patent ID: 8959845
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: E04B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An architectural structure having a curved surface, the architectural structure comprising: a plurality of folded boxes, each of the plurality of folded boxes comprising a front box portion and a rear box portion; each of the front box portions comprising a front subsurface joined with a plurality of first sides along a plurality of first folds, and each of the rear box portions comprising a rear subsurface joined with a plurality of second sides along a plurality of second folds; wherein form the curved surface is formed on at least one of the front subsurfaces and the rear subsurfaces of at least one of the plurality of folded boxes; wherein the curved surface extends continuously across more than one of the plurality of folded boxes; wherein the curved surface includes at least one doubly-curved portion extending across at least one of the plurality of folded boxes comprising a first curved portion along a first axis and a second curved portion along a second axis, wherein the first curved portion is different than the second curved portion; wherein at least one of the plurality of folded boxes is a different size than another of the plurality of folded boxes; wherein each of the front box portions are formed in one piece with the plurality of front sides as a flat blank and folded transverse, orthogonal or non-orthogonal to the front subsurface along each of the first folds; wherein each of the rear box portions are formed in one piece with the plurality of rear sides as a flat blank and folded transverse, orthogonal or non-orthogonal to the rear subsurface along each of the second folds; wherein each of the first sides of each of the front box portions are attached to a respective one of the second sides of a respective one of the rear box portions with a first attachment member selected from the group consisting of magnets, fasteners and adhesives; wherein the plurality of folded boxes are attached to one another with a second attachment member selected from the group consisting of magnets, fasteners and adhesives; and wherein the plurality of folded boxes are not supported by a frame.