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Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 247 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Text in English & German. Since the 1950s Stefan Polónyi has realised a large number of buildings of all kinds from his Cologne office, working with famous architects all over the world. In his view, load-bearing structure, form and function have to form an indissoluble entity, and thus create an aesthetic appearance: beauty feeds on structural consistency. Very few civil engineers have made claims of this kind. Architects who have worked with Polónyi see this ambitious claim as something that has enriched their own design process. First of all Polónyi, working with Josef Lehmbrock and Fritz Schaller, developed bold folded ... Read more
Text in English & German. Since the 1950s Stefan Polónyi has realised a large number of buildings of all kinds from his Cologne office, working with famous architects all over the world. In his view, load-bearing structure, form and function have to form an indissoluble entity, and thus create an aesthetic appearance: beauty feeds on structural consistency. Very few civil engineers have made claims of this kind. Architects who have worked with Polónyi see this ambitious claim as something that has enriched their own design process. First of all Polónyi, working with Josef Lehmbrock and Fritz Schaller, developed bold folded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Language
German
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681581
SKU
V9783936681581
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About Polonyi S.
Stefan Polonyi's wide range of professional experience as an engineer had a considerable bearing on his teaching at Berlin and Dortmund Technical Universities. Working with architects Harald Deilmann and Josef Paul Kleihues, Polonyi established the Dortmund Model for the Building Sciences. It provides joint training for architects and civil engineers in a single faculty.
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