I would simply call this a Tent Structure - Tensile Membrane Structure if you want to be posh
First to use it on a grande scale was Frei Otto for the Munich Olympics in 1972
the reason for this to be glazed was so the cameras could pick out the crowds of spectators & the athletes in the field - originally planned for all Grp / tent panels which made camera panning problematic
As a side note - The Structures of the Marsh Arabs made from bundles of reeds are flexible / organic / sustainable & capable of provide large spaces shelters
in my student days we were told that the shape & the fluting of the stone columns (Egyptian / Greek) was derived from structures made from reeds - not having photos at that time we sort of dismissed that as poetic nonsense
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