Thin-Shell Concrete

Robin Lake Pavilion
Ida Carson Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia
32-50-45 N, 84-50-50 W

Structural Engineer: Drake, Funston & Harrison

Architect: Richard Aeck Associates

Builder: Beers Construction Co.

Configuration: Inverted cones

Measurements: Cones are 30 feet in diameter and 3 to 5 inches thick

Purpose: Restaurant

Year: 1959

This open-air restaurant, on the shore of a small lake, was widely publicized.

The author visited in October 2018.

References

Anonymous. 1960 National Gold Medal Exhibition of the Building Arts. New York: The Architectural League of New York, 1960.

Anonymous. "A Gay Dining Pavilion for Swimmers." Architectural Record (February 1959): 169-72.

Anonymous. "The Hyperbolic Paraboloid." Concrete Construction (January 1959).

Marsden, Christopher R. "An Exploration of the Development of Huddersfield's 1970 Market Hall: Architectural Decoration with Cheap Greens; An Architect's Dream?" Masters thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2012. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/18045/: 85.

Peerless Cement Company. "The Shape of Things to Come..." (advertisement). Port Huron (MI) Times Herald, January 1, 1961.

Portland Cement Association. "Architectural Applications of Concrete in Buildings." 1960.

Portland Cement Association. "Gay parasols of concrete add a festive touch to eating out" (advertisement). Architectural Record (May 1960): 59.

"Shell Concrete Bears Unusual Shapes." Phoenix Arizona Republic, February 14, 1960.

Updated April 18, 2021