Vladimir Shukhov

Vladimir Shukhov

male, deceased (1939)
Shukhov Tower, shell structures, thin-shell structure, tensile structure, structural engineering, cracking…hyperboloid structure
Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov, (February 2 1939) was a great Russian structural engineer and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new...

Félix Candela

male, deceased (1997)
spanish, tensile, architect, Mexican, Modernist architect, Modernism…thin-shell structure, thin shells
Félix Candela was a Mexican architect and engineer. He worked from the 1930s to the 1960s, and he accomplished a great deal for Mexican a...
Eduardo Torroja

Eduardo Torroja

male
civil engineer, cable-stayed, thin-shell, thin-shell structure, concrete, shell
Eduardo Torroja y Miret, (1899-1961) Spanish structural engineer and architect, pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures. His first large...
Eladio Dieste

Eladio Dieste

male, deceased (2000)
Buckling, Artigas, thin-shell structure, catenary, arch, Artigas, Uruguay
Eladio Dieste (Artigas, December 10 1917 - Montevideo, July 29 2000) was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who made his reputation by building a...

Eugène Freyssinet

male, deceased (1962)
Structural engineer, arch bridge, structural, span, vichy, bridge…thin-shell structure, thin-shell
Eugène Freyssinet was a French structural and civil engineer. He was the major pioneer of prestressed concrete. Freyssinet was born in at Objat, C...
Franz Dischinger

Franz Dischinger

male, deceased (1953)
civil engineer, span, civil, structural steel, sphere, jena…thin-shell, thin-shell structure
Franz Dischinger (8 October 1887 - 9 January 1953) was a pioneering German civil and structural engineer, responsible for the development of the...