One of the largest domes in the world, the Pantheon, is made of concrete. You saved a lot of money building this dome with concrete. But remember: concrete is very heavy. About halfway down the ...

The dome construction began with a concrete ring foundation that was reinforced with vertical steel bars. An airform, or nylon “balloon,” was placed on the concrete base and inflated using ...

Over the radioactive dump, the U.S. built an 18-inch thick concrete dome that stretched 377 feet wide. Some 4,000 U.S.

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only ... which to this day forms the largest unreinforced concrete dome in existence at 43.3 meters diameter, and ...

The Pantheon in Rome has stood for nearly 2,000 years, boasting the largest unreinforced concrete dome on Earth ... effort into making an outstanding construction material, why would they be ...

The dome of the Mihrimah Mosque in Turkey is almost entirely pierced with windows. This design would make the Capitol building very bright and airy, but the governor is not interested in a dome ...