page_title: List of thin-shell structures
section_title: Notable projects
hierarchical_section_title: List of thin-shell structures / Notable projects
caption_attribution_description: English: The Steel Membrane Roof and the Steel Tensile Lattice Shell of the Shukhov Rotunda, 1895
context_page_description: Thin-shell structures are lightweight constructions using shell elements.
context_section_description: Shukhov's Rotunda at the All-Russia exhibition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (1896)
  Adziogol Lighthouse, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
  Stanislav Range Front Light, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine
  Parabolic steel-and-glass roof of the Kiyevsky railway station, Moscow, Russia
  Shukhov Tower, Moscow, Russia
  Pylons of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
  Palau Guell, Barcelona, Spain
  Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
  TWA Flight Center of John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, USA
  Washington Dulles International Airport, Virginia, USA
  Europe 1 Transmitter Building, Felsberg-Berus, Germany
  Eden Project, Cornwall, England
  Parish of the Holy Sacrifice at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
  Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan
  Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
  Montreal Biosphère, Montreal, Canada
  Korkeasaari Lookout Tower, Helsinki, Finland
  Tower Infinity, Seoul, South Korea
  Philips Pavilion at the Expo '58, Brussels, Belgium (1958)
  Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
  Kresge Auditorium, Massachusetts, USA
  Ingalls Rink at Yale University, Connecticut, USA
  Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Missouri, USA
  McDonnell Planetarium at the St. Louis Science Center, Missouri, USA
  Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
  Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England
  Centre Pierre Charbonneau, Montreal, Canada
  Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, Canada
  Aquatoll, Neckarsulm, Germany
  Dos Hermanas Velodrome, Dos Hermanas, Spain
  Berlin Main Station, Berlin, Germany
  Dortmund Opera House, Dortmund, Germany
  Payson Athletic Center, Arizona, USA
  Zeiss-Planetarium, Jena, Germany
  Spaceship Earth at Disney World, Florida, USA
  Queen Elizabeth II Great Court of the British Museum, London, England
  Swiss Air Force Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
  L'Oceanogràfic at the City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia, Spain
  Weald and Downland Gridshell at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester, England
  Putrajaya Convention Centre, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  Lotus Sculpture at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, UK (2012)
  Milan Trade Fair, Milan, Italy
caption: The World First Membrane roof and lattice steel Shell in the Shukhov Rotunda, Nizhny Novgorod, All-Russia exhibition, 1895
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