Eduardo Torroja
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| Eduardo Torroja | |
 Eduardo Torroja |
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| Personal information | |
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| Name | Eduardo Torroja |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Birth date | 1899 |
| Date of death | 1961 |
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| Significant projects | Tempul cable-stayed aqueduct |
| Significant advance | concrete-shell structures |
Eduardo Torroja y Miret, (1899-1961) Spanish structural engineer and architect, pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures. His first large project was the Tempul cable-stayed aqueduct in 1926[1], Guadalete, Jerez de la Frontera, in which he used prestressed girders, and he made his name with the concrete shell-roof at the Algeciras Market Hall (1933). Eduardo Torroja designed thin-shell water tower in Fedala[2] and the roof of hippodrome "Zarzuela"[3] in the form of hyperboloid of revolution.
He also used steel with great élan, as at the roof of the Football Stadium, Barcelona (1943). He designed innovative structures in numerous parts of the world, including Morocco and Latin America. His books include Philosophy of Structures (1958) and The Structures of Eduardo Torroja (1958).
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[edit] References
- ^ Troyano, Leonardo, '"Bridge Engineering: A Global Perspective"', Thomas Telford Publishing, 2003, p.650
- ^ water tower in Fedala
- ^ hippodrome "Zarzuela"
[edit] Further reading
- Eduardo Torroja: The Structures of Eduardo Torroja, Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid, ISBN 84-498-0462-0, 2000
- Eduardo Torroja: Philosophy of Structures, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1958, (translated by Jaroslav Joseph Polivka with Milos Polivka)
