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SUBTILITAS: space frame →
When asked to design a hangar for the US Air Force in the early 1950’s, German born architect, engineer, and carpenter Konrad Wachsmann faced the difficult task of designing a massive spanning structure that provided a column free space below.
A typical truss system would prove to be too…
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