DEREGIBUS, Carlo; PUGNALE, Alberto(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010-02-17)
This paper presents a critical study of the church of Longuelo, Italy, designed in 1966 by
Giuseppe (Pino) Pizzigoni (1901-1967), an Italian architect who lived and worked in the
city of Bergamo. He began his studies on ...
LEE, Janice; GARLOCK, Maria E. Moreyra(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010-02-17)
Eladio Dieste and Félix Candela are both internationally known for their elegant designs of
vaulted structures built in the mid 20th century. Dieste built his with reinforced brick
masonry in his homeland of Uruguay. ...
GARLOCK, Maria E. Moreyra; BILLINGTON, David P.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2009-11-25)
Félix Candela was a world-renowned engineer, builder, and structural artist of thin-shell
concrete-roof structures in the mid 20th century. Although a native of Spain, his exile to
Mexico at the end of the Spanish Civil ...
Lozano-Galant, José Antonio; Paya-Zaforteza, I.(Elsevier, 2011-01-13)
Eduardo Torroja's thin concrete shells stand among the best examples of structural engineering work of the 20th century. At a time when computers did not exist, Torroja's imagination and creativity were not constrained by ...