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Leipzig Market Hall

Großmarkthalle Leipzig
Built: 1927 - 1929
Status: in use
Location: Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Leipzig Market Hall
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Structural Type:
Dome
Function / usage:
original use: Market hall
current use: Multipurpose hall

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Hubert Ritter
Engineer Franz Dischinger
  Hubert Rüsch

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
domes  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  diameter 65.80 m
  height 29.90 m
  covered area 238 x 76 m
Quantities used in construction
  concrete weight 2 160 t

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Relevant Literature
* Les coupoles du nouveau marché de Leipzig, in "La Technique des Travaux", October 1929, n. 10 v. 5 .
* Bomhard, Helmut   Concrete Shell Construction - Structures and Designs in the Federal Republic of Germany, presented at Theory and Experimental Investigation of Spatial Structures - Application of Shells in Engineering Structures, 23-29.09.1985, Moscow.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 261-263.

 
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