Yet these were the only architectural solutions known to work in such a vast structure. Could a dome weighing tens of thousands of tons stay up without them? Was there enough timber in Tuscany for ...

a geodesic dome tent. Thanks to the most spatially efficient shape in architecture, it can withstand winds of up to 60 mph as the force is spread evenly across the structure whilst even providing ...

The Haarlem Koepelgevangenis ("dome prison") is just one of three ... power of mind over mind", and believed this "simple idea in architecture" could reform morals and improve health.

The complex, covering more than 20,000 m 2, is also the first Islamic building that adapted the four-courtyard layout of Sassanid palaces to Islamic religious architecture. Its double-shelled ribbed ...