Main entry:

Billington, David P., 1927-2018, author.

Title & Author:

Robert Maillart and the art of reinforced concrete / David P. Billington.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1990]
©1990

Description:

xvi, 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 x 29 cm

Notes:
English and German parallel texts.
Spine title: Robert Maillart.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-138) and indexes.
Foreword / Christian Menn -- Preface / David P. Billington -- Stonework versus concrete: 1894-1901 -- Reinforced concrete in the 1890s -- The Stauffacher Bridge and the tradition of stone -- Zuoz, the Hollow Box, and structural facades -- The integration of form: 1901-1919 -- Tavanasa and the Three Hinged Form -- The Zurich Warehouse -- The Filter Building at Rorschach -- Aarburg, the heavyweight -- Deck-stiffened arches: 1920-1926 -- Little bridges in the Wägital -- Chiasso and the arch reversed -- Châtelard -- The Valtschielbach Bridge, technique perfected -- Return to the Hollow Box: 1927-1930 -- Tavanasa and Salginatobel -- The Salginatobel Bridge and the rejection of stone -- The Salginatobel Bridge and its artistic details -- Deck-stiffened arches in space, 1930-1933 -- Landquart and the horizontal curve -- The Spital Bridge and the Skewed Thin Arch -- The Töss Bridge and the Countercurved deck -- The Rossgraben Bridge and the metal rail -- The Schwabach Bridge and the integration of form -- Angularity in Three-Hinged Arches: 1933-1935 -- Felsegg and the Broken Arch -- The Vessy Bridge and the play with cross walls -- The unlikely art of beams: 1935-1938 -- The arch versus the beam in concrete -- THe layout for the overpass of the Weissensteinstrasse -- Liesberg and the continuous beam -- Expression in concrete beams -- Return to Weissensteinstrasse -- Last experiments: 1938-1940 -- The Ephemeral Cement Hall enshrined -- Garstatt, an experiment in angularity -- Lachen and the Skew Box -- The legacy of Maillart: structural art and architecture -- Structural art -- Structural art and archirecture -- Structure in architecture -- Candela and the Straight-line Shell -- Isler and the Structural Shell -- Kahn and the Straight-line Arch -- Menn and the shaping of bridges -- Map -- Notes -- Glossary of Engineering terms -- Index -- Illustration credits.

Summary:

A nontechnical exploration of the principles and aesthetics of Swiss structural engineer Maillart (1872-1940). Includes many new color photographs of his spectacular bridges, buildings, and interiors, taken specifically to illustrate points made in the text, which is in parallel columns of English.

ISBN:

0262023105
9780262023108

Subject:

Maillart, Robert, 1872-1940.
Maillart, Robert Criticism and interpretation.
Concrete bridges Switzerland Design and construction.
Reinforced concrete construction.
Bridges.
Ponts en béton Suisse Conception et construction.
Construction en béton armé.
Ponts.
bridges (built works)
Concrete bridges Design and construction
Civil engineers Switzerland 20th century.
Architects Switzerland 20th century.
Reinforced concrete construction Switzerland Design and construction.
Switzerland
Bridges Design
Concrete structures Construction
Swiss architects.
Swiss engineers.
Reinforced concrete bridges Switzerland 1900-1940.

Form/genre:

German language materials. Bilingual.
Conference papers and proceedings
Books.

Added entries:

Robert Maillart.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 152130
Call No.: NA44.M219.9 B5 1990
Status: Available