Continental Bakery
80 E. 62nd Avenue, Denver, Colorado
39-48-30 N, 104-59-06 W
Structural Engineer: Dave Austin for Milo S. Ketchum
Architect: unknown
Builder: unknown
Configuration: Corrugated barrel vault shells
Measurements: unknown
Purpose: Bakery
Year: 1962
The thin-shell concrete roof consists of multiple barrel vaults joined together in a manner that presents an undulating appearance.
The author visited in May 2017, unfortunately before the bakery was open for the day!
References
Boothby, Thomas E., M. Kevin Parfitt and Mark Ketchum. "Milo S. Ketchum and Thin-Shell Structures in Colorado." APT Bulletin 43, no. 1 (2012): 39-46. Accessed June 7, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/ stable/41548693.
Ketchum, Milo. "Memoirs 5. Barrel Shells." Accessed May 19, 2017. http://www.ketchum.org/milo/Memoir5.html.
Updated March 28, 2021