{"product_id":"miracles-in-concrete-structural-engineer-august-komendant-9783035625127","title":"Miracles in Concrete: Structural Engineer August Komendant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first comprehensive tribute to Louis Kahn's and Moshe Safdie's structural engineer\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e Estonian-American civil engineer August Komendant (1906-1992) worked \u003cbr\u003ewith numerous famous architects and engineers on several of the 20th \u003cbr\u003ecentury's most iconic buildings. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcrete was Komendant's \u003cbr\u003epassion through decades. He used his expertise in designing structures \u003cbr\u003eas different as the Kadriorg Stadium grandstand in Tallinn, Estonia \u003cbr\u003e(Elmar Lohk, 1938), the Habitat '67 experimental housing complex in \u003cbr\u003eMontr?al, Canada (Moshe Safdie, 1967) and the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort\u003cbr\u003e Worth, Texas, USA (Louis I. Kahn, 1972). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKomendant combined \u003cbr\u003etechnical expertise with a keen sense of aesthetics: as an engineer, he \u003cbr\u003evalued the timeless and enduring qualities of architecture. He knew that\u003cbr\u003e miracles require more than spreadsheets and a budget - the creative \u003cbr\u003eimpulse is essential. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the most innovative civil engineers of the 20th century. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecialized in the use of reinforced concrete and various other concrete technologies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructural engineer to architects such as Louis I. Kahn, Moshe Safdie, and Eero Saarinen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eCarl-Dag Lige, \u003c\/strong\u003e architecture critic and historian, curator at the Estonian Museum of Architecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birkhauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863735832850,"sku":"9783035625127","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2e80f53-3817-4544-a461-270aa78b38d9.jpg?v=1737644828","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miracles-in-concrete-structural-engineer-august-komendant-9783035625127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}