Main entry:

Jones, Peter, 1935 December 18-

Title & Author:

Ove Arup : masterbuilder of the twentieth century / Peter Jones.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.

Description:

x, 364 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Author's note -- Photograph credits -- Introduction -- 1: Si jeunesse savait -- 2: To be a masterbuilder -- 3: Becoming a double outsider -- 4: Hell of a row -- 5: Fighting incompetence -- 6: New start -- 7: Expansion and explanation -- 8: Job 1112 -- 9: Glory or blame-at the edge of the possible? -- 10: Betrayal and philosophical crusade -- 11: Key speech -- 12: Cultivating 'the art of the impossible' -- 13: Legacies -- Envoi 'si vieillesse pouvait' -- Chronology -- Graphs -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

From the Publisher: In 1946 Ove Arup, a leading engineer of the twentieth century, founded a firm of consulting engineers that brought to fruition such iconic structures as the Sydney Opera House, the Olympic Village in Beijing, London's Millennium Bridge, the Beaubourg Centre in Paris, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and Kansai Airport in Japan among many others. Devoted to a "commonsense" reform of engineering and architectural practice, Arup (1895-1988) pioneered the way for modern architects and engineers to collaborate successfully and responsibly on large projects. This is the first biography of the great and versatile engineer, complete with some 80 historic photographs that have never been published before. Peter Jones, the first researcher to have full access to the vast private Arup archives, tells the complete story of Ove Arup's extraordinary life, his social, aesthetic, and environmental concerns, and his practical contributions during a period of political and technological upheaval. Jones also offers a revelatory new account of the Sydney Opera House and the character of those involved in its complex construction.

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ISBN:

0300112963 (hdbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300112962 (hdbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Arup, O. N. (Ove Nyquist), 1895-1988.
Arup, O. N. (Ove Nyquist), 1895-
Architects Great Britain Biography.
Architectes Grande-Bretagne Biographies.
Architects.
Gebouwen.
Engineers Great Britain Biography.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248243
Call No.: BIB 177785
Status: Available