Brynmawar Rubber Ltd(main production room)

Name of building
Brynmawar Rubber Ltd(main production room) 
Construction year
1950 
Structural system
Shell 
Primary use
 
Architect
Ove N.Arup & Partners/Cementation Co Ltd/Holland & Hannen and Cubitts Ltd/Gee, Walker & Slater Ltd 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Ove N.Arup & Partners 
Constructor
 
Professional
 
Country
UNITED KINGDOM 
Address
A467/B4248 Brynmawr, Gwent, Wales 
Means of transportation
12km west from Abergavenny Station. taxi is available at the station. 
Admission
No
company has been closed around 1985. structures are still standing June 1999. 
Reference
①『現代建築の構造と表現』クルト・ジーゲル著。川口衛、花井正美、片岡正喜共訳。まえがき STRUKTURFORMEN の邦訳によせて・坪井善勝。彰国社 1968年発行。250頁。Fig.172.2. STRUKTURFORMEN der Nodernen Archtektur. Curt Sigel, Verlag D.W.Callway-München, 1960, p.248 Fig.172.2.
②Schalenbau, Jürgen Joedicke and Others, Karl Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1962, p.152-153.
③Modern Architecture in Britain, Trevor Dannatt, Published by B.T.Batsford Ltd, London, 1959, p.32-34, Fig.a-f. 
Note
span:19.4m. length:25.3m. height:14.5m. 3×3=totally 9 shells
photo taken on September 4, 1994.⑧-19. 
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