![]() ![]() This structural assessment summarizes the roof’s historic design and construction according to the original construction documents, newspaper reports and historic photographs. The novelty of the pre-stressed shell structure serves both architectural and structural design criteria by delivering a large, uninterrupted interior sanctuary space in materially and economically efficient manner. This asymmetric structure spans over 33.5 m (110 ft) and utilizes folded edge beams that taper from 1067 mm (42 in) at the base to a 76.2 mm (3 in) thickness at the topmost edge using regular strength reinforcing steel and concrete load carrying components. Lin of the Structural Engineering Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. James and in consultation with Professor T.Y. Charles is a modernist structure designed through partnership of Funk, Molander & Johnson engineers, architect William C. Situated on an 8-acre site on the north side of the city, St. Charles Church became the largest unbalanced hyperbolic paraboloid structure in the United States and the only shell structure in Spokane, WA. ![]() At the time of completion in 1961, the roof of St. ![]()
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