Robert Maillart : builder, designer, and artist / David P. Billington.

Main entry:

Billington, David P., author. aut

Title & Author:

Robert Maillart : builder, designer, and artist / David P. Billington.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA ; Melbourne, Australia : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Description:

xxx, 331 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-298) and index.
Student and designer : 1872-1901 -- Designer and builder : 1902-1909 -- Builder and millionaire : 1909-1914 -- War and revolution : 1914-1919 -- Scholar and designer : 1920-1927 -- Solitary designer : 1927-1932 -- Images from within : 1932-1934 -- The great debate : 1934-1938 -- Honored at last : 1938-1940.

Summary:

Publisher's description: This comprehensive biography traces the life and works of Robert Maillart, one of the most important engineers and designers of the twentieth century. His career developed around a central issue of modern technological society: the debate between two antithetical views of engineering opposing applied science, which relied on general mathematical theories for understanding structures against design, which Maillart championed. Maillart considered structures not merely works of utility but also as works of art. As utilitarian objects, he created a series of innovations of lasting significance. Aesthetically, Maillart shaped his three innovations in concrete to create surprising and often stunning new forms. Providing an analysis of these innovations, this biography also connects Maillart's aesthetic ideas with the private and professional context in which he worked.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0521571324 (hardback)
9780521571326 (hardback)

Subject:

Maillart, Robert, 1872-1940.
Maillart, Robert 1872-1940
Maillart, Robert.
Maillart, Robert, (1872-1940)
British Centre Die Brücke Düsseldorf
EKA/EDK-Tagung
Civil engineers Switzerland Biography.
Concrete bridges Switzerland Design and construction.
Architecture Switzerland Aesthetics.
Structural design.
Ingénieurs civils Suisse Biographies.
Ponts en béton Suisse Conception et construction.
Architecture Suisse Esthétique.
Constructions Calcul.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Civil engineers.
Concrete bridges Design and construction.
Stahlbetonbrücke
Architektur
Civiele techniek.
Gebouwen.
Architects Switzerland 20th century Biography.
Ponts Conception et construction Suisse.
Architecture 1900-1945 Suisse.
Switzerland.
Architecture Aesthetics Switzerland
Bridges, Concrete Design and construction Switzerland
Civil engineers Biography Switzerland

Form/genre:

Biographie.
collective biographies.
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191587
Call No.: ID NA44.M219; ID:97-B256
Status: Available

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