The building (90 x 25m on plan) has an undulating gridshell roof, formed of 80 x 50mm larch laths separated by 50mm- and 75mm-deep larch shear blocks. The gridshell is braced with a double layer of ...
...it is now! But what on earth has the world's largest timber gridshell roof got to do with England's chances of winning the 2006 World Cup? England's chances of winning the next World Cup in 2006 ...
Exploded view of the gridshell roof. Image Courtesy of John McAslan + Partners The steel gridshell roof will hold inflated EFTE cushions set within an aluminium subframe. 20% of this EFTE skin will be ...