Jane Boyd

Landing the Fugitive i 2006

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CNIT Building Paris Jane Boyd 

“The significance of the CNIT Building for me is also found in the roof or dome. Designed in 1958 by the engineer Nicolas Esquillan, it is the largest single span of reinforced concrete – at least in Europe if not the world. Exactly half a century ago, Esquillan studied the geometric principles found in the egg shell and sea shells to calculate the feasibility of producing this roof of reinforced concrete. Glass appears to lift the building from the ground so that the white corrugated roof seems to hover just above the esplanade.”  

Extract from the paper “Time after Time an Odyssey in Vertical Space” by Jane Boyd 2008

Landing the Fugitive ii 2006

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CNIT Building Paris Jane Boyd 

Jane Boyd

Centre Nationale des Industries et Technologies

(CNIT Building) Paris 2006