Peter Rice (1935-1992) was perhaps the most influential structural engineer of this century. The hundreds of buildings he worked on include such masterpieces as the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre, and Menil Collection, and Lloyd's of London. 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, ...
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Peter Rice (1935-1992) was perhaps the most influential structural engineer of this century. The hundreds of buildings he worked on include such masterpieces as the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre, and Menil Collection, and Lloyd's of London. 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.
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Very Good Minus; Softcover; Clean covers with minor shelfwear to the back cover; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; Good binding; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 1.4 lbs; Green and black covers with title in white lettering; 2nd Edition; 1998, Artemis Publishing; 240 pages; "An Engineer Imagines, " by Peter Rice.
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