The triple sports hall with a saw-tooth roof built in the German town of Stuttgart-Waldau impressively shows the sustainable perspectives of modern timber structures. The trusses arranged in the shape of boxes ensure optimal daylight.
At over 807,293.28 square feet, the new Tianfu Agriculture Exposition is the largest timber structure in Asia, and one of the largest timber structures in the world. It is a series of five arched halls that use unique Vierendeel-inspired trusses.
China’s increasing economic development has led to the construction of many large commercial complexes with an increasing demand for escalators with great heights and large spans, without intermediate supports.
The scaffolding structure consists of aluminum trusses with heights varying between 1.64 ft and 3.28 ft as well as horizontal steel beams, columns, railings, and bracings. All elements are based on the PlusEight system.
The station building is an organic shaped steel structure consisting of three connected parts. The left and right building sections are formed by curved Vierendeel truss beams extruding from the main Vierendeel truss down to the reinforced concrete foundation. These main trusses are supported by a row of columns with additional vertical bracing.
The removable grandstands are surrounded on three sides by precast seating risers in the north endzone of the Los Angeles Football club soccer stadium. The grandstands are a free-standing system. The system is comprised of aluminum trusses, which are demountable from aluminum towers.
The chapel adjoining the old convent of San Pedro in Lugo, Spain is an original construction dating back to 1690. Its ancient roof structure was based on trusses simply supported in putlog holes located in the main wall of the church. Damage appeared here. Over time, the lower vault of the structure deteriorated to the point of limiting access to the interior.
The renovation consisted of completely replacing the roof in order to make the space below fully usable again and to provide natural light to the main temple room through the stunning church windows. Previously, the windows were boarded up in order to support the roof trusses.