Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering

by David P. Billington

The description for this book, Robert Maillart's The Art of Engineering, will be forthcoming.

Genres: Engineering

168 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

A longtime professor of engineering at Princeton University, David P. Billington is the author of numerous books dealing with construction and design, as well as with profiles of major structural engineers. This last-named interest inspired several books on the works of the Swiss engineer Robert Maillart, including the 1990 title, Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete. Maillart, who lived from 1872 to 1940, was a pioneer in the expressive uses of reinforced concrete in construction and design. Writing in Technology Review, Thomas Frick felt that Billington's book "allows the reader to grasp the structural basis of Maillart's design decisions." Billington's interest in Maillart led to his cowriting the 2003 title The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy, which serves as an overview to the work not only of Maillart, but also of such designers and engineers as Christian Menn and Othmar Hermann Ammann.

Reviews

[Joseph Schlesinger · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book about one of my favorite bridge engineers (I include Othmar Ammann & David Steinman in my pantheon, but this book isn't about them)--the photos are breathtaking!