Miracles in concrete :  structural engineer August Komendant / 
edited by Carl-Dag Lige ; translation from Estonian into English Aksel Haagensen, Margus Elings ; translation from Spanish into English David Gouverneur, Oscar Tenreiro. 
 - 431 pages :  illustrations (some color), plans, plates ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/> Associated exhibition held at Estonian Museum of Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia (January 10- July 26 2020). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-427) and index (pages 430-431). 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  Foreword /  Introduction /  August Komendant : A Preface /  Miracles in Concrete. Structural Engineer August Komendant /  Design and Its Critical Evaluation (1972) /  Architect-Engineer Relationship (1986) /  Interview. August Komendant (1985) --  Interview. Moshe Safdie --  Interview. Robert Geddes --  Interview. Merike Komendant Phillips --  Interview. George Jüri Komendant --  Interview. Oscar Tenreiro --  Architects on August Komendant --  Selected Works of August Komendant --  Biography --  The Exhibition --  List of Works --  Bibliography --  Illustrations --  Index  Triin Ojari --  William Whitaker --  Carl-Dag Lige --  Kenneth Frampton --  Carl-Dag Lige --  August Komendant --  August Kommendant --  Essays & Interviews. 
<br/><br/> The Estonian-American civil engineer August Komendant (1906-1992) worked with numerous famous architects and engineers on several of the 20th century's most iconic buildings. Concrete was Komendant'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 '67 experimental housing complex in Montréal, 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 -- the creative impulse is essential. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783035625127 9783035625134 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Komendant, August E.--Exhibitions
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architects--Exhibitions<br/>Concrete construction--History--Exhibitions--20th century<br/>Architecture, Modern--20th century--Exhibitions<br/>Reinforced concrete construction--Exhibitions
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA2543.B84  / M57 2022