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Structure-ID: s0000151
Created on: 04/20/99
Modified on: 02/16/04


Orly Hangars

Hangars d'Orly
Built: 1921 - 1923
Status: destroyed
Location: Airport at Orly, Val-de-Marne (94), Ile de France, France
Orly Hangars
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Structural Type:
Barrel shell or vault
parabolic, ribbed
Function / usage:
Dirigible hangar
Part of: Orly Airport

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Structural engineer Eugene Freyssinet

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
shell  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  width 86 m
  span 75 m
  length 144 m

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External LinkarchINFORM: Luftschiffhallen (Orly) English German French Spanish Italian

Relevant Literature
* Christofleau, A.   Les dernières nouveautés de la science et de l'industrie, Librairie Hachette, Paris (France) , 1925.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 57.
* Freyssinet, Eugène   Un amour sans limite, Editions du Linteau, Paris (France) , ISBN 291034200X, 1993.
* Günschel, Günter   Große Konstrukteure 1, Verlag Ullstein GmbH, Berlin (Germany) , 1966; pp. 49-51, 57-65.
* Margolius, Ivan   Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471498254; pp. 34-35.
* Pérouse de Montclos, Jean-Marie   L'art de Paris, Editions Place des Victoires, Paris (France) , ISBN 2844590659, 2003.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 342-344.

 
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