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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap
1974Construction of an ultra-lightweight concrete vault, built over box columns and beams filled with concrete. Two different methods were used; lightweight concrete over woven basket, lath and burlap for solid vaulted roofs, and burlap impregnated with fiberglass resin, over woven basket, for translucent vaulted roof.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Three images depicting exterior close-up views of the light weight concrete vaults, before being completed.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Three interior views of the lightweight concrete vaults, two of the second floor barrel vault at construction stage, and one of the first floor domical roof and the arched alcove under the stair.
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Etna Street Cottage: Basket vault with layers of ultra-lightweight concrete laid over burlap - Photographs
01/01/1974
Three images, the first two depicting the barrel vault lattice in place and the last one, the roof lattice of the wall thickening extension.
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