Waffle slab

A two-way ribbed slab.

waffle slab

A concrete slab which is reinforced by ribs in two directions, forming a waffle-like pattern.

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* Work within the existing space, an inflexible Brutalist concrete waffle slab with neighbors above and below

The Library as Learning Commons

"The most dominant part of the space, the waffle slab ceiling, was left exposed to highlight the structural clarity.

Award show: IES Illumination Award of Merit

In addition to maintaining the building's LEED Platinum certification, CNY Interiors installed exposed concrete waffle slab, custom flooring and sophisticated glass and lighting finishes.

CNY completes major interiors projects

The project called for a complete gut and renovation of cast-in-place concrete, waffle slab structure, the demolition of an approx.

Awards of excellence

This open effect was achieved through the use of Special Moment-Resisting Frame (SMRF) concrete beams and columns incorporated with conventional waffle slab floor plates, which all but eliminated the need for shear walls throughout the building.

A study in architectural forming: Morley Construction faced a tight schedule and intricate architectural forming requirements on the new San Diego Central Library, a 504,000 square foot concrete structure destined to become an iconic figure in the city's skyline

Due to its wide floor plate and low concrete waffle slab ceilings, the institutional, 2-story concrete building lacked natural light, felt cramped, and simply needed to be updated to streamline and shorten the time spent on campus by students.

A college consolidation

Although the community was built using the latest construction methods featuring a waffle slab and post-tension foundation and floor systems, there were signs of foundation distress.

Shifting dirt: a messy problem: repairing an unsecured foundation can be a costly expense for apartment developers who build on unstable soil

Pre-empting London's dockland renaissance by almost a decade, this dramatic warehouse conversion, with distinctive concrete waffle slab and glazed mansard roof, was well ahead of its time, and led the way.

New order

Galbraith Hall's original construction, circa 1965, featured a mid-century waffle slab design on its ceiling, which was covered up during a renovation in the 1980s.

A building within a building: sculpting an hourglass-shaped lecture hall within an existing, two-level library brings new face-to-face with old at UCSD

Instead of expending fit-out dollars towards temporary interventions, they accepted the strong vocabulary of the existing waffle slab as the ceiling.

Good design is about good thought, not big bucks

Putting in a drop ceiling was out of the question, Edwards says, because the GSA requires an 8-foot clearance between the floor and the ceiling, and that was the exact distance between the floor and the waffle slab ceiling.

More lighting, less lamping

To play up the good bones of the gutted space, Arcturis designers Ron Johnson and Brian Waite had the unique waffle slab ceiling painted white to maximize height and reflectance and had the open office arranged around floor-to-ceiling perimeter windows that look out onto the city.