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The Rhetoric of Pier Luigi Nervi: Forms in reinforced concrete and ferro-cement
Roberto Gargiani
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 450 pages, 541 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 253 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1246.
During his long career, Pier Luigi Nervi has explored the potential of concrete through the cast-in place and the prefabrication of elements in reinforced concrete or in ferro-cement, the material he invented and patented during the war. All of his best known works, such as the Berta Stadium, the hangars built in Orivieto, Orbetello and Torre del Lago Puccini, the Halls of the Turin Exposition Center, the Unesco buildings, the Little Sport Palace and the Papal Audience Hall represent an important chapter in the history of architecture, structure and construction of the twentieth century. The ... Read more
During his long career, Pier Luigi Nervi has explored the potential of concrete through the cast-in place and the prefabrication of elements in reinforced concrete or in ferro-cement, the material he invented and patented during the war. All of his best known works, such as the Berta Stadium, the hangars built in Orivieto, Orbetello and Torre del Lago Puccini, the Halls of the Turin Exposition Center, the Unesco buildings, the Little Sport Palace and the Papal Audience Hall represent an important chapter in the history of architecture, structure and construction of the twentieth century. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EPFL Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1245g
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Lausanne, Switzerland
ISBN
9782940222957
SKU
V9782940222957
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Ref
99-36
About Roberto Gargiani
Alberto Bologna received his master degree in architecture at the Politecnico di Torino in 2007 and in 2011 he completed his PhD in History of Architecture and Town Planning in the same University. Since 2011, he conducts research at the Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL). He is the author of Pier Luigi Nervi negli Stati Uniti, 1952-1979, `Master Builder ... Read more
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