Miracles in Concrete
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Miracles in Concrete

Structural Engineer August Komendant

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Miracles in Concrete

Structural Engineer August Komendant

About this book

Die erste umfassende Würdigung von Louis Kahns und Moshe Safdies Tragwerksplaner

Der estnisch-amerikanische Bauingenieur August Komendant (1906-1992) arbeitete zusammen mit zahlreichen berühmten Architekten und Ingenieuren an einigen Ikonen des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Beton war über Jahrzehnte Komendants Leidenschaft. Er nutzte sein Fachwissen bei so unterschiedlichen Bauwerken wie der Tribüne des Kadriorg-Stadions in Tallinn, Estland (Elmar Lohk, 1938), dem experimentellen Wohnkomplex Habitat '67 in Montréal, Kanada (Moshe Safdie, 1967) und dem Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Louis I. Kahn, 1972).

Komendant verband Sachkenntnis mit einem ausgeprägten Sinn für Ästhetik: Als Ingenieur schätzte er die zeitlosen und dauerhaften Qualitäten der Architektur. Er wusste, dass es für Wunder mehr braucht als Tabellenkalkulationen und ein Budget - der kreative Impuls ist entscheidend.

  • Einer der fortschrittlichsten Bauingenieure des 20. Jahrhunderts
  • Zusammenarbeit mit Architekten wie Louis I. Kahn, Eero Saarinen und Mosche Safdie
  • Erfinder der Tragwerke für das Salk Institute und Habitat 67

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Essays & Interviews
  6. August Komendant: A Preface
  7. Miracles in Concrete. Structural Engineer August Komendant
  8. Design and Its Critical Evaluation (1972)
  9. Architect-Engineer Relationship (1986)
  10. Interview. August Komendant (1985)
  11. Interview. Moshe Safdie
  12. Interview. Robert Geddes
  13. Interview. Merike Komendant Phillips
  14. Interview. George Jüri Komendant
  15. Interview. Oscar Tenreiro
  16. Architects on August Komendant
  17. Selected Works of August Komendant
  18. Biography
  19. The Exhibition
  20. List of Works
  21. Bibliography
  22. Illustrations
  23. Index