Raleigh’s Dorton Arena is part of the cover story focus in this month’s Architectural Record. The issue focuses on the engineering aspect of architecture and illustrates a handful of projects that served as precedents in this field.
from the article:
Midcentury masters
“Those Modern structural design engineers engaged the next generation, who by the 1950s and 1960s inserted themselves into larger consultancy roles for new building typologies, such as massive skyscraper projects. For example, Frederick Severud, with architect Matthew Nowicki, made possible the design of the suspended roof of the Raleigh Arena in North Carolina (1952). With its unique saddle shape, it fast became a pilgrimage stop for engineers Frank Newby, Ted Happold, and Frei Otto on their first visits to the U.S. in the early 1950s. Severud’s ability to free structure to express the potentials of nonlinear space, breaking away from the rigid grid, also inspired Eero Saarinen’s concrete shell for Ingalls Rink in New Haven (1956–59).”
Full Architectural Record Article
More info on Dorton HERE and HERE
Construction photos and more HERE
Also in this issue of Arch. Record is a review of Victoria Ballard Bell’s new book Materials for Design. Victoria is the wife of local architect and former NC State Design School Professor Bryan Bell who runs community design build Design Corps
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