Patented structural prototype selected for the 2024 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Pete Silver’s patented structural prototype has been selected for the 2024 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. The prototype was built at the Marylebone Campus. It is made of carbon fibre rods held in torsion by rigid carbon fibre tubes, with reinforced polyamide connecting components. All materials were sponsored by the School of Architecture + Cities and assistance was provided by Fabrication Lab staff and by Dr Will McLean. Carbon fibre rods and tubes were supplied by Easy Composites Ltd and connecting components by RK Rose+Krieger GmbH. For a full description of UK patent number GB2594037B – Helical Structural Framework with Torsional Integrity – see URL