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9780300097863

The Art of Structural Design; A Swiss Legacy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300097863

  • ISBN10:

    0300097867

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2003-03-11
  • Publisher: Princeton University Art Museum
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Summary

Four Swiss engineers and their teachers form the most impressive group of structural artists of the 20th century.

Author Biography

David P. Billington is Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Program in Architecture and Engineering at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Foreword 4(6)
Preface 6(4)
Maps
10(2)
Introduction 12(4)
The Origins of Swiss Structural Art
16(14)
Wilhelm Ritter
Master of Concrete Forms
30(44)
Robert Maillart
Master of Steel Bridges
74(38)
Othmar H. Ammann
From Mathematics to Aesthetics
112(16)
Pierre Lardy
Structural Art in Thin-Shell Concrete
128(36)
Heinz Isler
Structural Art in Bridges
164(40)
Christian Menn
Selected Major Works 204(1)
Glossary of Terms 205(1)
Drawing and Photography Credits 206(1)
Index 207

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