Abstract
Application to buildings of membrane structures in Japan was started from the Osaka Expo'70, including the Air supported structure of the United States of American pavilion A lot of membrane structure was the first big start when it appeared in Japan with the Fujitsu pavilion of the air inflated structure and so on. After that, it follows in research's and development's being started in earnest, and execution issues increase gradually, too, and a membrane structure stands in a line by the steel construction and wooden structure recently, and it has been taking root as a structure system for the large span structure Membrane structures are classified in the Air supported membrane structures, the Suspension membrane structures, the Frame supported membrane structures, and so on The facilities which it is interested many in are built including the Tokyo Dome, and these main buildings are introduced as examples. I believe that these actual applications and the design methods are very useful for application ways to the airship as well and so on.
