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A hyperbolic paraboloid made from Archimedean spirals. Doesn't much look it, but it's an action model. You hold it with both hands and then start rotating them in opposite directions. Trippy.
Crease pattern for the easily amused.
Architect: Jim Evans
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974 Bragg Blvd.
Built in 1956. The roof is a concrete hyperbolic paraboloid, designed by J. Hyatt Hammond, who studied under Eduardo Catalano at the North Carolina Sate University School of Design.
Unclear on when it closed, but it's been vacant for at least the past fifteen years.
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot from the Ring Road, shows the Ring Road goods exit underneath one of the Giant Ceramics. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot through the gate at The Piazza Shopping Centre, shows the Market shut down, the perimeter of the site secured and partial demolition finished, which has revealed the Hyperbolic Paraboloid structures and the underground car park. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot from Alfred Street, shows a close up of the Hyperbolic Paraboloids. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
This petrol station has been partially preserved due to its funky canopy which in the 1960's must have looked quite amazing. It was converted from a National filling station into a Little Chef although the restaurant is also now closed. It was due to be demolished for a slip road to be built but there was outcry, the canopy and building were saved and it now enjoys Grade II listed status. Built in 1960-61 The roof was designed and built by the Lincoln architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer, and Dr Hajnal-Kónyi, originally from Hungary, at a cost of £4,500. Shaped like a saddle the design is one of the few remaining structures of its kind and was commissioned by the former Lincolnshire Motor Company whose showrooms in Lincoln were designed by the same architects.
To see as a Little Chef www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.2568391,-0.9281995,3a,75y,61.44...
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot from Alfred Street, shows the Market shut down, the perimeter of the site secured and partial demolition finished, which has revealed the Hyperbolic Paraboloid structures. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot from The Piazza Shopping Centre green space, shows a close up of the Hyperbolic Paraboloids. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
740 Tunnel Rd.
The last time I was in Asheville, this building housed a Kia dealership. Some time in 2016, it became the Asheville Used Car Superstore. Its hyperbolic paraboloid roof design probably dates from the 1960s.
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
This shot from Peel Street, shows the Market shut down, the perimeter of the site secured and partial demolition finished, which has revealed the Hyperbolic Paraboloid structures.Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
Bold, sculptural, and utterly unique, the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption rises from San Francisco’s Cathedral Hill like a modernist monument to faith and form. Completed in 1971, this Roman Catholic cathedral is the mother church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and one of the most striking pieces of religious architecture in the United States.
Designed collaboratively by architect Pietro Belluschi and the acclaimed firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the cathedral replaces an earlier structure destroyed by fire. Its most distinctive feature is the hyperbolic paraboloid roof—a soaring concrete shell that curves with an almost ethereal lightness despite its brutalist materiality. The vertical black glass spine that slices the facade heightens the drama, while the minimalist base and open plaza keep the focus on the structure’s graceful geometry.
The cathedral’s design speaks a powerful architectural language: futuristic yet grounded, minimal yet monumental. It has drawn comparisons to both origami and space-age design, and remains a source of both spiritual awe and architectural debate. Whether you're a devotee, an architecture buff, or a photographer chasing lines and light, this cathedral offers a truly iconic perspective.
Located in the heart of San Francisco, just above Japantown and near Pacific Heights, the Cathedral of Saint Mary is more than a place of worship—it’s a bold artistic and civic statement that continues to inspire wonder more than 50 years after its completion.
This Hyperbolic Paraboloid is the only building of its kind in the world. Located at Wedgewood Village Amusement Park, 4500 N.,W. Highway, Oklahoma City.
Photo by Terrel
Oklahoma Card Co., P.O. Box 4637. Okla. City, Okla.
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2 blended tetrahedron in a cube - or 12 Hyperbolic Paraboloids in a cube. Loop animation in a 45° perspective view. This is another loop-cycle for the next VirtualReality Project by MONOCHROMEandMINIMAL.
Architect: Alden B. Dow. Roof is a hyperbolic Paraboloid. Dow Styrofoam was used, covered with a thin layer of concrete and waterproofed.
Sam Scorer's now quite famous hyperbolic paraboloid roof, once just about the only thing here, has, for many years, sat atop a Little Chef. The whole thing was nearly knocked down a few years ago when the Markham Moor junction on the A1 was improved. Now that it has been saved I wish whoever owns Little Chef now would spend some money and give it couple of coats of paint. Or just give me a ladder and I'll do it! I'm sure it would be good for business.
This church, consecrated Saint Mary of the Assumption, is affectionately known in San Francisco as Saint Mary Maytag, or Our Lady of the Maytag since the inverted hyperbolic paraboloids resemble a giant washing machine agitator. I like saying "hyperbolic paraboloid"
Nervi and Belluschi killed this one. It's a treat.
The Market is part of The Huddersfield Blueprint and will form part of the Cultural Heart of that plan.
Here is a worms eye view from The Piazza Shopping Centre, shows a close up of the Hyperbolic Paraboloids. Here you can see the site being prepared for the next phase of building.
More Information here: www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/huddersfield-blueprint/pdf/hudde...
Here also is a short video from Kirklees Council showing a fly through The Cultural Heart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANGWW2qj-9E
Architect: Jim Evans
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Sam Scorer, late 1950s.
The canopy structure was originally designed as a garage by Lincolnshire architect Sam Scorer and built in the late 50s. (Anyone know the year?) The Little Chef restaurant building, underneath, is a later addition. Recent road improvement works on the A1 threatened the structure with demolition, but the Highways Agency sensibly amended their plans, diverting a slip road away from the structure.
A1 Southbound, Markham Moor
Originally constructed as a petrol station canopy, converted to a Little Chef in 1989, disused 2012 to 2019, re-opened as a Starbucks in December 2019.
Hyperbolic paraboloid thin shell roof from 1960–61 designed by architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer and structural engineer Dr Hajnal-Kónyi. After a campaign to protect it, it was saved from demolition by the Highways Agency in 2004 when it was listed Grade II 27 March 2012.
How about a new campaign to clear away all the dross underneath the roof so that it can float free once more on its original 4 piers? See original image at:
Architect: Jim Evans
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3930 W. Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95822
Blogged. eichlerific.blogspot.com/2010/02/hyper-about-hypars.html
Postcard showing the hyperbolic paraboloid structures in front of the Sacramento Zoo. "Gateway to the William Land Park Zoo. Sacramento, California. Fritz Vibe Postcard Service, Sacramento, Calif."
Below is what I wrote for the 2010 Sacramento Mid-Century Modern Home Tour - we listed this as a drive-by point-of-interest for the tour:
"Address: 3930 W. Land Park Drive
Name: Sacramento Zoo Entrance
Architects: Kenneth Charles Rickey, AIA and Fred E. Brooks
Date: 1961
* The Sacramento Zoo, in its future plans, has shown renderings of a new Zoo entrance which do not include the iconic swoop-roofed buildings.
The Zoo entrance was originally also a concession stand that served all William Land Park visitors. The three curvilinear structures at the entrance were designed with twisted geometric planes, also known as hyperbolic paraboloids. These were constructed with concrete shells formed over a straight beam framework. Although parabolic structures were particularly popular in mid-century modern architecture, the underlying engineering principles have been around for centuries. They are structurally strong and allow for sophisticated architectural expression.
Rickey and Brooks designed numerous buildings and residences throughout Sacramento...."