The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy
$55.00
Billington, David P.
Cl. New Haven, 2003
Book ID: 60151
This handsomely designed book brings together for the first time the outstanding work of four Swiss engineers and their teachers who form the most impressive group of structural artists in the 20th century: Wilhelm Ritter (1847-1906), Robert Maillart (1872-1940), Othmar Ammann (1879-1965), Pierre Lardy (1902-1956), Heinz Isler (b.1926) and Christian Menn (b.1927). Generously illustrated, this book features many newly commisioned photographs, including images of important new structures such as the Charles River Bridge in Boston, completed by MEnn in 2002. The volume accompanies an exhibition at the Princeton University Art Museum from March 8 to June 15, 2003 (other venues to be announced)
264 pp., 225 color and B&W illus.
