21st-century domes

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Domes are architectural elements shaped like the upper hollow half of a sphere. Used throughout architectural history, they continue to be used in the 21st century. Domes built in the 21st century benefit from advances in the production of materials such as steel. Modern structural engineering also allows variety and large scope.

The variety of modern domes over sports stadiums, exhibition halls, and auditoriums have been enabled by developments in materials such as steel, reinforced concrete and plastics.^[1] Their uses over department stores and "futuristic video-hologram entertainment centres" exploit a variety of non-traditional materials.^[2] The use of design processes that integrate numerical control machines, computer design, virtual reconstructions, and industrial prefabrication allow for the creation of dome forms with complex geometry, such as the 2004 ellipsoid bubbles of Nardini Company's production district designed by Massimiliano Fuksas.^[3]

21st-century domes

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