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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.
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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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