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.

Contributor(s): Lige, Carl-Dag [editor.] | Gouverneur, David [translator.] | Tenreiro, Oscar [translator.] | Haegensen, Aksel [translator.] | Elings, Margus [translator.] | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum [host institution,, issuing body.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Estonian, Spanish Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhauser Verlag, 2022Publisher: Tallinn : Estonian Museum of Architecture, 2022Manufacturer: Tallinn, Estonia : Printon AS Copyright date: ©2022Description: 431 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, plates ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783035625127 (hardback)Subject(s): Komendant, August E. -- Exhibitions | 1900-1999 | Architects -- Exhibitions | Concrete construction -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions | Reinforced concrete construction -- ExhibitionsLOC classification: NA2543.B84 M57 2022
Contents:
Foreword / Triin Ojari -- Foreword / William Whitaker -- Introduction / Carl-Dag Lige -- Essays & Interviews. August Komendant : A Preface / Kenneth Frampton -- Miracles in Concrete. Structural Engineer August Komendant / Carl-Dag Lige -- Design and Its Critical Evaluation (1972) / August Komendant -- Architect-Engineer Relationship (1986) / August Kommendant -- 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
Summary: 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.
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Associated exhibition held at Estonian Museum of Architecture, Tallinn, Estonia (January 10- July 26 2020).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-427) and index (pages 430-431).

Foreword / Triin Ojari -- Foreword / William Whitaker -- Introduction / Carl-Dag Lige -- Essays & Interviews. August Komendant : A Preface / Kenneth Frampton -- Miracles in Concrete. Structural Engineer August Komendant / Carl-Dag Lige -- Design and Its Critical Evaluation (1972) / August Komendant -- Architect-Engineer Relationship (1986) / August Kommendant -- 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

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.