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“’Schalen USW’ (Shells, etc.)”--Studying the Shell Method and Shell Roofs, 1952-1972 and undated (includes facsimiles)

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Scope and Contents Kemp participated in the Diploma of Imperial College program as a Fulbright scholar, a system by which he earned a degree from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. While there, he studied the mathematical principle of shells, which he later used when constructing a thin-shell roof over a warehouse in Hull, England. The studies of shells were also applicable while he worked under Ove Arup on the design of the Sydney Opera House. This box includes handwritten calculations,...
Dates: 1952-1972 and undated (includes facsimiles)