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Miracles in concrete : structural engineer August Komendant

Title
Miracles in concrete : structural engineer August Komendant / edited by Carl-Dag Lige.
Publication
  • Basel : Birkhauser Verlag, 2022.
  • Tallinn : Estonian Museum of Architecture, 2022.

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Additional Authors
  • Tenreiro, Oscar, 1939-
  • Frampton, Kenneth
  • Geddes, Robert
  • Komendant, August E.
  • Komendant, George Jüri
  • Lige, Carl-Dag
  • Ojari, Triin
  • Phillips, Merike Komendant
  • Safdie, Moshe, 1938-
  • Whitaker, William
  • Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, host institution, issuing body.
Description
431 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, plates; 29 cm
Summary
The Estonian-American civil engineer August Komendant (1906-1992) worked with numerous famous architects and engineers on several of the 20th century's most iconic buildings. Concrete was Komendant's passion through decades. He used his expertise in designing structures as different as the Kadriorg Stadium grandstand in Tallinn, Estonia (Elmar Lohk, 1938), the Habitat '67 experimental housing complex in Montréal, Canada (Moshe Safdie, 1967) and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Louis I. Kahn, 1972). Komendant combined technical expertise with a keen sense of aesthetics: as an engineer, he valued the timeless and enduring qualities of architecture. He knew that miracles require more than spreadsheets and a budget -- the creative impulse is essential.
Subject
  • Komendant, August E. > Exhibitions
  • Architects > Exhibitions
  • Concrete construction > History > Exhibitions. > 20th century
  • Architecture, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Reinforced concrete construction > Exhibitions
Note
  • Associated exhibition held at Estonian Museum of Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia (January 10- July 26 2020).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-427) and index.
Language (note)
  • In English, some text translated from Estonian and Spanish.
Contents
Foreword / Triin Ojari -- Foreword / William Whitaker -- Introduction / Carl-Dag Lige -- Essays & Interviews. August Komendant : A Preface / Kenneth Frampton -- Miracles in Concrete. Structural Engineer August Komendant / Carl-Dag Lige -- Design and Its Critical Evaluation (1972) / August Komendant -- Architect-Engineer Relationship (1986) / August Kommendant -- Interview. August Komendant (1985) -- Interview. Moshe Safdie -- Interview. Robert Geddes -- Interview. Merike Komendant Phillips -- Interview. George Jüri Komendant -- Interview. Oscar Tenreiro -- Architects on August Komendant -- Selected Works of August Komendant -- Biography -- The Exhibition -- List of Works -- Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index
Call Number
JQF 22-1108
ISBN
  • 3035625123
  • 9783035625127
OCLC
1286798459
Title
Miracles in concrete : structural engineer August Komendant / edited by Carl-Dag Lige.
Publisher
Basel : Birkhauser Verlag, 2022.
Tallinn : Estonian Museum of Architecture, 2022.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-427) and index.
Language
In English, some text translated from Estonian and Spanish.
Added Author
Tenreiro, Oscar, 1939- interviewee, interviewer.
Frampton, Kenneth, contributor.
Geddes, Robert, interviewee.
Komendant, August E., artist, author.
Komendant, George Jüri, contributor.
Lige, Carl-Dag, editor, author, interviewer.
Ojari, Triin, contributor.
Phillips, Merike Komendant, contributor.
Safdie, Moshe, 1938- interviewee.
Whitaker, William, contributor.
Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, host institution, issuing body.
Research Call Number
JQF 22-1108
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