Cable Roofs. Evolution, Classification and Future Trends

Cable roofs have been built over the last 60 years. They have a big attractive from aesthetic, technical, and even environmental aspects (to build with the minimum amount of material). The objective of the article is to analyze, after a short analysis of the historic evolution and a typological classification of some existing buildings, future trends in the design of cable roofs. Special attention will be given to the secondary structural envelope system and its relationship with the primary cable mesh.