Robert Maillart: Builder, Designer, and Artist
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Robert Maillart: Builder, Designer, and Artist
Author: Billington, David P.
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 331
Release Date: 24-03-2008
Part Number: 240 b/w illus.
Details: 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.
EAN: 9780521057424
Package Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.0 x 1.1 inches
Languages: English
