An Engineer Imagines
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1849944237
ISBN 13
9781849944236
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Publication Year
2017
Publisher
Pages
224
Description
From the back of the book:
Peter Rice was perhaps the most influential structural engineer of the 20th century. The hundreds of buildings he worked on include such masterpieces as the Sydney Opera House (where his career first took off), the Pomidou Centre, the Menil Collection, and LLoyd's of London. Greatly loved by the architects with home he workd, it was Rice's imaginative draing and deep understanding of materials and structure that made possible these and many other radical and innovative buildings.
This is Peter Rice's autobiography. He tells the stories behind his best-known works, and describes his childhood in Ireland, his experiences with other great engineers, including Jean Prouve and Ove Arup, and his views on materials = glass and polycarbonate, steel and concrete, stone, fabric. But above all, An Engineer Imagines is about the creative, humanist role of the engineer.
From Amazon:
The long-awaited reissue of the autobiography of Peter Rice, acclaimed as one of the greatest structural engineers of the twentieth century. "An Engineer Imagines" gives a rare glimpse into the mind and philosophy of Peter Rice, a man who, in Renzo Piano's words, could design structures “like a pianist who can play with his eyes shut.” Collaborating with many of the finest architects on buildings that became icons of contemporary design—including the Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre, Menil Collection, and Lloyd's of London—he brought a uniquely poetic feeling to his work. Rice writes about the role of the engineer in society, and his own creative approach. He admits he became an engineer by accident, tentatively feeling his way through a career without a natural instinct. But as he takes you through each of his projects, one by one, you can trace his development from graduate to veteran. Rice's compelling and beautifully written autobiography is perfect for those who want to better understand postwar buildings and our concrete environment, or are budding students of engineering and architecture.
Peter Rice was perhaps the most influential structural engineer of the 20th century. The hundreds of buildings he worked on include such masterpieces as the Sydney Opera House (where his career first took off), the Pomidou Centre, the Menil Collection, and LLoyd's of London. Greatly loved by the architects with home he workd, it was Rice's imaginative draing and deep understanding of materials and structure that made possible these and many other radical and innovative buildings.
This is Peter Rice's autobiography. He tells the stories behind his best-known works, and describes his childhood in Ireland, his experiences with other great engineers, including Jean Prouve and Ove Arup, and his views on materials = glass and polycarbonate, steel and concrete, stone, fabric. But above all, An Engineer Imagines is about the creative, humanist role of the engineer.
From Amazon:
The long-awaited reissue of the autobiography of Peter Rice, acclaimed as one of the greatest structural engineers of the twentieth century. "An Engineer Imagines" gives a rare glimpse into the mind and philosophy of Peter Rice, a man who, in Renzo Piano's words, could design structures “like a pianist who can play with his eyes shut.” Collaborating with many of the finest architects on buildings that became icons of contemporary design—including the Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre, Menil Collection, and Lloyd's of London—he brought a uniquely poetic feeling to his work. Rice writes about the role of the engineer in society, and his own creative approach. He admits he became an engineer by accident, tentatively feeling his way through a career without a natural instinct. But as he takes you through each of his projects, one by one, you can trace his development from graduate to veteran. Rice's compelling and beautifully written autobiography is perfect for those who want to better understand postwar buildings and our concrete environment, or are budding students of engineering and architecture.
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