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Rotunda of the Panrussian Exposition

Rotunda of the Panrussian Exposition
Rotunda of the Panrussian Exposition
Rotunda and rectangular pavilion - the world's first steel tensile structures by the great Russian engineer and scientist Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939) in 1896. The All-Russia industrial and art exhibition 1896 in Nizhny Novgorod.

General Information

Structural Type: Thin shell
Function / usage: Fair or trade building
Completed in: 1896
Status: demolished

Geographic Information & Related Structures

Location: Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, Europe
Part of:

Technical Information

Dimensions

diameter 68.30 m
height 15 m

Materials

building structure steel

Participants

Relevant Web Sites

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Relevant Publications

  • Kawaguchi, Mamoru The Lighter, the Better?, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
  • Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingĂ©nieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 334-335

Internal Information

Structure-ID: s0000385
Created: 08/09/1999
Last Updated: 05/03/2013