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The art of structural design : a Swiss legacy
- Title
- The art of structural design : a Swiss legacy / David P. Billington ; with a contribution by Jameson W. Doig.
- Author
- Billington, David P., 1927-2018.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2003.
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- Description
- 211 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports.; 26 x 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition "The art of structural design: a Swiss legacy", Princeton University Art Museum, March 8 - June 15, 2003". -- Verso of t.p.
- Jameson W. Doig is co-author of the chapter on Othmar Ammann. Cf. p. 5.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Wilhelm Ritter: the origins of Swiss structural art -- Robert Maillart: master of concrete forms -- Othmar H. Ammann: Master of steel bridges -- Pierre Lardy: from mathematics to aesthetics -- Heinz Isler: structural art in thin-shell concrete -- Christian Menn: structural art in bridges -- Selected major works -- Glossary of terms.
- Call Number
- JSF 03-651
- ISBN
- 0300097867 (cloth)
- 943812384 (paper) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2002116510
- OCLC
- 52276223
- Author
- Billington, David P., 1927-2018.
- Title
- The art of structural design : a Swiss legacy / David P. Billington ; with a contribution by Jameson W. Doig.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Doig, Jameson W.Princeton University. Art Museum.
- Research Call Number
- JSF 03-651