List of hyperboloid structures

Cooling tower, Puertollano, Spain

This page is a list of hyperboloid structures. These were first applied in architecture by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939). Shukhov built his first example as a water tower (hyperbolic shell) for the 1896 All-Russian Exposition. Subsequently, more have been designed by other architects, including Le Corbusier, Antoni Gaudí, Eduardo Torroja, Oscar Niemeyer and Ieoh Ming Pei.

The shapes are doubly ruled surfaces, which can be classed as:

• Hyperbolic paraboloids, such as saddle roofs
• Hyperboloid of one sheet, such as cooling towers

Notable projects

Structure	Date built	Location	Country	Notes
Shukhov Tower in Polibino	1896	Polibino	Russia
Adziogol Lighthouse	1911	Kherson	Ukraine
Stanislav Range Front Light	1911	Kherson	Ukraine
Church of Colònia Güell	1915	Santa Coloma de Cervelló	Spain	Hyperbolic paraboloid vaults
Shukhov Tower	1922	Moscow	Russia	Under threat of demolition
Shukhov tower on the Oka River	1929	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia
Dorton Arena	1952	Raleigh, North Carolina	United States	designed by Maciej Nowicki
Fedala Reservoir	1957	Mohammedia	Morocco	designed by Eduardo Torroja
Ochsenkopf TV Tower	1958	Ochsenkopf	Germany
Warszawa Ochota railway station	1962	Warsaw	Poland	Hyperboloid roof
Kobe Port Tower	1963	Kobe	Japan
Saint Louis Science Center	1963	St. Louis, Missouri	USA
Święty Krzyż TV Tower	1966	Łysa Góra	Poland
Ještěd Tower	1968	Liberec	Czech Republic
Wrexham Waterworld	1969	Wrexham	United Kingdom
Cathedral of Brasília	1970	Brasilia	Brazil	Designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Water tower in Ciechanów	1972	Ciechanów	Poland	Commons image
Gettysburg National Tower	1974	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	USA	Demolished in 2000
Sydney Tower	1981	Sydney	Australia
Scotiabank Saddledome	1983	Calgary	Canada
Air control tower of El Prat International Airport	1992	Barcelona	Spain	Designed by Ricardo Bofill[1]
Le Volcan	1995	Le Havre	France
Corporation Street Bridge	1999	Manchester	United Kingdom	Designed by Hodder + Partners
Aussichtsturm Schlossberg	2002	Freiburg im Breisgau	Germany
Boruvka Tower	2005	Chrudim	Czech Republic	[2][3]
Aspire Tower	2007	Doha	Qatar
Tornado Tower	2008	Doha	Qatar
Canton Tower	2010	Guangzhou	China	[4]
Vortex Tower	2012	London	United Kingdom	Designed by Ken Shuttleworth
Tachov Tower	2014	Tachov	Czech Republic	[5]
Warsaw Spire	2016	Warsaw	Poland	Hyperboloid glass facade
Sagrada Família	N/A	Barcelona	Spain	Hyperbolic vaults and windows
Crystal Island	N/A	Moscow	Russia	Designed by Norman Foster
Sampsel	?	Husnes	Norway	Sculpture[6]
Tractricious	?	Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois	USA	Sculpture[7]

Hyperboloid ship masts

• Hyperboloid masts of Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleships
• Hyperboloid masts of USS West Virginia, prior to refitting in 1942–1944
• Hyperboloid masts of USS New Mexico, prior to refitting in 1931
• Hyperboloid masts of USS Arizona, prior to refitting in 1929
• Hyperboloid masts of USS Oklahoma, prior to refitting in 1927–1929

Gallery

• Gallery of Hyperboloid Structures
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  The world's first hyperboloid structure by Vladimir Shukhov, All-Russian Exposition, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1896

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  Sagrada Família by Antoni Gaudi, hyperboloid detail of the facade, Barcelona, Spain

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  Shukhov Tower. Currently under threat of demolition, and there is an international campaign to save it.

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  Hyperboloid Cathedral in Brasilia by Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil

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  Sydney Tower, New Wales South, Australia

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  Canton Tower, 2010

Notes

1. "Air Traffic control tower Barcelona Airport". castelldefels.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
2. "Rozhledna Borůvka | Sdružení obcí Toulovcovy Maštale". mastale.cz. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
3. http://www.jaroslavmachacek.com/files/page0_blog_entry233_2.jpg
4. "ArchitectureWeek DesignCommunity • View topic - 610m - Hyperboloid Tower in Guangzhou". designcommunity.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
5. "Rozhledna Vysoká u Tachova". kudyznudy.cz. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
6. "Panoramio - Photo of Samspel". panoramio.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
7. "Image: tractricious_02_08_2007.jpg, (800 × 1200 px)". fnal.gov. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2015-09-05.