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Originally Posted by Purpdust
For me the Saddledome is the extreme of Form over function. That places was design to look the way it does while limiting its useful purpose.
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But that's the thing, the Saddledome was never designed or built to look like a saddle at all.
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The facility was designed by Graham McCourt Architects. While they set out to design a unique building, the idea of a western theme never occurred to Barry Graham or his team.[19] The roof of the building was designed to be a reverse hyperbolic paraboloid, allowing for a pillar free view from all seats and reducing the interior volume by up to one-third when compared to traditional arenas,[20] resulting in reduced heating, lighting and maintenance costs, plus the floating roof can flex to compensate for the city's frequent temperature fluctuations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotiabank_Saddledome