air-supported dome

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An air-supported or air-inflated structure is any building that derives its structural integrity from the use of internal pressurized air to inflate a pliable material like a structural fabric envelope, so that air is the main support of the structure, and where access is via airlocks. Photo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2023. (Kremer, 2023)

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