Clayton, David Michael2014-03-142014-03-142007-05-04etd-06132007-234825http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33557Resisting external forces can be a source of beauty. This work represents an effort to understand how architecture can be derived from the struggle against natural forces to create a built-form. Starting with an idea, that of a tensile roof, the design of a soccer stadium developed into what is presented here.In Copyrighttensile roofsoccer stadiumThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06132007-234825/