Framework made of compression and tension members is for icosahedron-shaped building and has central column with compression members extending from two nodal points and tension members from ends

摘要

The central vertical column (4) is a compression member and stands up from a foundation block (11). Several wires or tension members radiate upward and outward from a lower node point (3). The wires join the ends (5A) of five long compression beams radiating horizontally from a second nodal point. There are five horizontal short beams (12) equispaced between them. Wires (1A) join the ends of these beams. Five horizontal beams radiate from a third nodal point above the second and their ends (5B) are connected by wires (1B). Further wires (1) extend from the top (2) of the vertical column to these end points.