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Structure-ID: s0000051
Created on: 10/28/98
Modified on: 08/24/06


Little Sports Palace

Palazzetto dello Sport
Built: 1956 - 1957
Status: in use
Location: Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Palazetto dello Sport, Rome.
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Structural Type:
Dome
ribbed
Function / usage:
Stadium / Arena
Part of: Olympic Summer Games 1960

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Designer Pier Luigi Nervi
  Annibale Vitellozzi

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
dome  reinforced concrete
Dimensions
  diameter 58.8 m
  rise 21 m
  seats 5 000

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External LinkWikipédia: Petit palais des sports French

Relevant Literature
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 180-182.
* Desideri, Paolo   Pier Luigi Nervi, Zanichelli Editore, Bologna (Italy) , ISBN 8808041042, 1979; pp. 70-79.
* Desideri, Paolo   Pier Luigi Nervi, Verlag für Architektur Artemis, Zurich (Switzerland) , 1982; pp. 78-88.
* Deswarte, Sylvie   L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 68.
* Heinle, Erwin   Kuppeln aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421030626, 1996; pp. 181.
* Iori, Tullia   Pier Luigi Nervi, Motta Architettura, Milan (Italy) , ISBN 8864130055, 2009; pp. 58-61.
* Mariano, Fabio   Pier Luigi Nervi: una scienza per l'architettura, Instituto Mides, Rome (Italy) , 1982; pp. 12-13.
* Nervi, Pier Luigi   Neue Strukturen, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart (Germany) , 1963; pp. 32-39.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 422-423.

 
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