Interesting self build workshop.

Double Barrel

Laminated Arch construction is accomplished using a template and 1"(.75) x2" screws and glue.

Radius 10 feet

Height 15 feet (lower five feet of the walls - vertical)
Width 20 feet
Arch - 2x8 inches






Insulation



Finished interior


The photos are posted on the forum at workshopaddict.com. The first page will give you a sense of how the builder fabricated curved arches; the second has more of the details. I have no idea how (or if) he got a permit for it.
http://www.workshopaddict.com/forum/showthread.php?440-My-crazy-workshop

I went online to see if there was any precedent for building a wooden Quonset hut (there is) and ran across a site devoted to Quonset huts. It contains a lot of good photos and information some of which is familiar and some I didn't know. The Quonset huts are derived from the WW1 era Nissen hut, and that the Nissen hut is loosely based on the Native American Iroquois people long house.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois
http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=fdb59588-d839-4743-996c-ceb817b3250c&exp=True

recipio

Fantastic vision, only a woodworker would do it ?
It would be interesting to compare the costs of this vs a conventional block construction.
The lack of windows at eye level would be my only concern and I'd love to know how he finished the roof.

Double Barrel

Agree on the windows. Badly needed IMHO.
The location being Moscow Russia may have something to do with that decision.;)

He mentions Ondura type roofing.

Double Barrel

Link

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM23CJ_Nissen_Hut_in_Scotland

tommy2bad

It's nice but a lot of trouble for a shed. I suppose it also an advertisement for the owners skills.
I would have gone for long windows like in the asbestoses roofed one.

Just looked at the thread detailing this; galv roof and it looks like he did it just because he could.
I'm am awed.