General Information
Completion: | 1951 |
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Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Barrel shell |
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Material: |
Reinforced concrete structure |
Function / usage: |
Event venue |
Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
shell 1 | width | 7.9 m |
height | 4.9 - 7.3 m | |
length | 9.1 - 12.2 m | |
shell 2 | width | 7.9 m |
height | 7.9 m | |
length | 21.3 m | |
shell 3 | width | 7.9 m |
height | 10.1 m | |
length | 27.4 m | |
shell 4 | width | 7.9 m |
height | 8.5 m | |
length | 23.8 m | |
shell 5 | width | 7.9 m |
height | 10.1 m | |
length | 27.4 m |
Materials
shells |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Architecture
- Max E. Borges, Jr. (architect)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Structural Analysis of Havana's Historic Tropicana Night Club Shells: Arcos de Cristal. Presented at: Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017. (2017):
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20052266 - Published on:
22/01/2010 - Last updated on:
24/07/2014