The distinctive shell structures form part of what was Norwich Sports Village, which opened in Hellesdon in 1988 [John East/Twentieth Century Society] A leisure centre's "majestic" concrete domes ...

Arup's original proposal involved supporting all the retained structure with steel frames and then excavating the basement as an open pit. Designing the elaborate scheme "allowed us to specify what ...

As architecture blossoms out in billowing forms of reinforced concrete, many a modern architect is turning back to study the work of the handful of pioneers who blazed the way for modern shell ...

A leisure centre's "majestic" concrete domes should be granted protected status because they are one-of-a-kind in the UK, a campaign group has said. The distinctive shell structures form part of what ...