The art of structural design : a Swiss legacy /

The art of structural design : a Swiss legacy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Billington, David P. (David Perkins)
Imprint:	Princeton, New Jersey : b Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2003.
Description:	211 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 x 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Structural design -- Switzerland. Civil engineers -- Switzerland. Architecture -- Aesthetics. Architecture -- Aesthetics. Civil engineers. Structural design. Switzerland.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4882723

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Other authors / contributors:	Princeton University. Art Museum.
ISBN:	0300097867 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Maps
Introduction
Chapter 1. Wilhelm Ritter: The Origins of Swiss Structural Art
Chapter 2. Robert Maillart: Master of Concrete Forms
Chapter 3. Othmar H. Ammann: Master of Steel Bridges
Chapter 4. Pierre Lardy: From Mathematics to Aesthetics
Chapter 5. Heinz Isler: Structural Art in Thin-Shell Concrete
Chapter 6. Christian Menn: Structural Art in Bridges
Selected Major Works
Glossary of Terms
Drawing and Photography Credits
Index