Soft shells
Subtitle: design and technology of tensile architecture
By: Hans-Joachim Schock.
Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Basel; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Shells (Engineering); Lightweight construction.; Tensile architecture.
Description: This book is directed to all those interested in practical architectural applications for fabric and foil membranes. It presents a selection of 30 membrane structures built around the world in the last ten years and gives precise, detailed information on their construction. The projects cover a wide range of different countries, climatic zones, building types and applications.

The photographs and detailed scale drawings of the structures are accompanied by in-depth descriptions, giving a full account of the construction method and the characteristics of the materials.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.
Simultaneously published in German.