A house supported by cables suspend...

A house supported by cables suspended from 300-ft high masts provided the means to encounter a limited budget and also a flexible and unusual design for San Antonio's novel 1.1 million-sq.-ft. Alamodome, a multipurpose stadium.

The city had identified a certain quantity of 40 activities, including professional football and basketball, that it wanted the facility to accommodate. Another requirement was that it have an unusual design that would symbolize San Antonio and be compatible with one as well as the other the city's historic and of recent origin architecture. Furthermore, the basic construction pack was only $105 million --