Main entry:

Holgate, Alan.

Title & Author:

The art of structural engineering : the work of Jörg Schlaich and his team / Alan Holgate.

Publication:

Stuttgart : Ed. Axel Menges, 1997.

Description:

294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
1. An introduction -- 2. Formation and career -- [Pt. 1] The projects -- 3. Towers -- 4. Concrete shell structures -- 5. Cable net structures -- 6. Glass grid roofs -- 7. Textile membrane roofs -- 8. Highway and railway bridges -- 9. Pedestrian bridges -- 10. Suspended buildings -- 11. Solar power plans -- [Pt. 2] Conclusions -- 12. Individuality in structural engineering.

Summary:

"The office of Schlaich, Bergemann und Partner has a world-wide reputation for its innovative structures of striking aesthetic quality. The work ranges from cable-net and membrane roofs through bridges of a unique inventiveness to new devices for the utilization of solar energy. This account of their work concentrates on their leader Jorg Schlaich without losing sight of his partnership with Rudolf Bergermann and a steadfast team of designers and researchers based in his consulting office and in his Institute for Conceptual and Structural Design at the University of Stuttgart."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

3930698676
9783930698677

Subject:

Schlaich, Jörg.
Schlaich, Jörg 1934-2021
Schlaich, Jörg Criticism and interpretation.
Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner, Beratende Ingenieure
Structural engineering.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Civil engineers Biography.
Structural design.
Aesthetics.
Constructions Calcul.
Technique de la construction.
Esthétique.
Architecture Esthétique.
Ingénieurs civils Biographies.
structural engineering.
Civil engineers
Architektur
Fliegende Bauten
Flächentragwerk
Glasbau
Hängebrücke
Ingenieurbau
Leichtbau
Membrankonstruktion
Raumtragwerk
Verkehrsbau
Civil engineers Germany 20th century.

Form/genre:

Bildband.
Biographies.
Quotations (texts)
Biografie.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 196568
Call No.: TA140.S3 H6 1997
Status: Available