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The Bridges of Eduardo Torroja

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2021
structure and form, which today is understood and admired as the art of engineering, "Baukultur". His work is often associated with his virtuoso handling of concrete as a building material and the construction of daring shell structures.
Mike Schlaich
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Eduardo Torroja Museum. The Man and His Legacy

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2021
June 15 of this year 2021 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of Eduardo Torroja. Without a doubt, one of the best tributes to this distinguished Spanish engineer, who founded the International Association for Shell Structures in 1959, is to remind ...
P. Cassinello
exaly   +3 more sources

Eminent Structural Engineer: Eduardo Torroja (1899-1961)

Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, 2021
Torroja excelled as a designer, as a docent, as a code-maker and as a founder of technical associations. Nothing was conceded to improvisation. Every outcome of his thought was the mature fruit of deep reflections; of precise knowledge of the problem's ...
H. Corres   +2 more
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Structural analysis of Eduardo Torroja’s Frontón de Recoletos’ roof

open access: yesEngineering Structures, 2011
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 the limits of the analytical methods available for structural design, and he was able to design and build economically innovative ...
Ignacio Paya-Zaforteza   +1 more
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Eduardo Torroja’s CASA factory roof: An unbuilt Structural Art masterpiece

open access: yesEngineering Structures, 2016
Eduardo Torroja was one of the most innovative structural engineers of the 20th century. His legacy can be seen in the form of some of his remaining works and the memory of others that have now disappeared.
Ignacio Paya-Zaforteza   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Eduardo Torroja and Architects, 1926–36

2022
Ana Rodríguez García   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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