Miracles in Concrete, Fachbücher von Estonian Museum of Architecture

The first comprehensive tribute to Louis Kahn's and Moshe Safdie's structural engineer The Estonian-American civil engineer August Komendant (1906&ndash,1992) worked with numerous famous architects and engineers on several of the 20th century&rsquo,s most iconic buildings. Concrete was Komendant&rsquo,s passion through decades. He used his expertise in designing structures as different as the Kadriorg Stadium grandstand in Tallinn, Estonia (Elmar Lohk, 1938), the Habitat &rsquo,67 experimental housing complex in Montré,al, Canada (Moshe Safdie, 1967) and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Louis I. Kahn, 1972). Komendant combined technical expertise with a keen sense of aesthetics: as an engineer, he valued the timeless and enduring qualities of architecture. He knew that miracles require more than spreadsheets and a budget &ndash, the creative impulse is essential. - One of the most innovative civil engineers of the 20th century. - Specialized in the use of reinforced concrete and various other concrete technologies - Structural engineer to architects such as Louis I. Kahn, Moshe Safdie, and Eero Saarinen.