The fast rate of progress that has characterized the development of structural engineering in the last few decades has given a formidable impulse to the progress of the so called #x201C;space structures#x201D;. The various divisions and subdivisions of this area of knowledge has still not been clearly organized both in the educational area and in the professional practice of building design, leaving some sort of general confusion. Ambiguities in fact, extend not only to the individual systems which often overlap one another but extend also to the terminology as well. The present writing therefore aims at illustrating the overall spectrum of space structures describing the various applications as well as clarifying some of the concepts of that stand at the base of the various systems, covering generalises as well as specifics illustrated in the case studies.
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