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Multi-Storey Air-Supported Building Construction, Jens G. Pohl, Henry J. Cowan
Multi-Storey Air-Supported Building Construction, Jens G. Pohl, Henry J. Cowan
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Recently, over a three-year period, a new concept of multi-storey building construction based on pneumatic principles was investigated in the Department of Architectural Science at the University of Sydney, Australia. The results of this research, which formed the basis of a doctorate thesis l and various technical publications, have indicated that multi-storey buildings supported by internal air-pressure and surrounded by a thin, flexible or rigid membrane acting both as structural container and external cladding, are feasible and highly economical for a number of building applications. This article by Jens G. Pohl, Faculty of Architecture, University of New South Wales, Kensington, …
Pneumatic Construction Applied To Multistory Buildings, Peter R. Smith, Jens G. Pohl
Pneumatic Construction Applied To Multistory Buildings, Peter R. Smith, Jens G. Pohl
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Extension of the principles of pneumatic construction to include multistory buildings is discussed by Peter R. Smith, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Science at The University of Sydney (Australia) and Jens G. Pohl, Lecturer, School of Architecture and Building, University of New South Wales.