Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Three Cultures and Ways of Making Reinforced Concrete Shells -- Relations between Félix Candela, Heinz Isler, and Ulrich Müther -- Spaces for Industry. A Comparison of Modular Shell Systems by Félix Candela and Heinz Isler -- Candela Isler Müther. A Photographic Essay -- Félix Candela’s Hypar Groined Vaults. Mexican Contribution to the Development of Concrete Shells -- Beautifully Shaped Forms. The Shells of Enrique de la Mora and Félix Candela -- The Bodily Economies of Concrete Technologies -- Félix Candela’s Last Shells in Mexico. The Roof Structures for Mexico City’s Underground Stations -- Félix Candela’s Legacy in the United Kingdom -- The Formative Years of Heinz Isler -- Heinz Isler’s Experimental Approach to Form-Finding -- From Foam to Form. The Peculiar First Free-form Shells of Heinz Isler -- More than Concrete. Heinz Isler’s Projects in Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics -- (Re)presenting Shells. Heinz Isler’s Work on Display -- “New Constructions”. The Beginnings of Shell Building in the German Democratic Republic -- Safe at Last? The Fate of Ulrich Müther’s Magdeburg Hypar Shell in a Changing Society -- The Music Pavilion in Sassnitz. A Shell Structure by Ulrich Müther in Collaboration with Dietmar Kuntzsch and Otto Patzelt -- Ulrich Müther: Quantity or Quality? -- Zusammenfassungen -- Resúmenes -- Acknowledgments -- Picture Credits -- Indices

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Die Meister der Betonschalen Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts begann die Hochphase des Betonschalenbaus. Weltweit entstanden technisch avancierte Konstruktionen von aufsehenerregender Expressivität. Mit Félix Candela, Heinz Isler und Ulrich Müther nimmt dieses Buch exemplarisch drei Protagonisten dieser Bauweise in den Blick. Ihr Wirken – vorwiegend in Mexiko, der Schweiz und der DDR – fand unter sehr verschiedenen politischen, ökonomisch-sozialen und kulturellen Bedingungen statt. Die Autoren analysieren die Bauten und Projekte vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklungen der Architektur und des Ingenieurwesens jener Zeit. Sie thematisieren wechselseitige Einflüsse, Gemeinsamkeiten wie Unterschiede in den Entwurfsprozessen, der Konstruktion und der Ausführung. Darüber hinaus werden Fragen der Rezeption und der heutigen Nutzung behandelt. Lernen von Félix Candela (1910–1997), Heinz Isler (1926–2009) und Ulrich Müther (1934–2007) und ihren historischen Schalenbauten Unbekanntes aus den Planarchiven Englisch mit Zusammenfassungen auf Deutsch und Spanisch

The Masters of Concrete Shells Concrete shell construction started to become popular in the mid-20th century. Technically advanced designs with conspicuous expressiveness began to appear all over the world. With three typical protagonists – Félix Candela (1910–1997), Heinz Isler (1926–2009), and Ulrich Müther (1934–2007) – the book examines this construction method. Their work – primarily in Mexico, Switzerland, and the former GDR – was carried out under very different political, economic, social, and cultural conditions. The authors analyze the buildings and projects against the background of developments in architecture and engineering at that time. The focus is on mutual influence, shared aspects and differences in the design processes, the structural design, and the execution. In addition, the book examines how the work was received and today’s application of the building method. Learning from Félix Candela, Heinz Isler, and Ulrich Müther and their historic shell construction buildings Unknown material from the drawing archives In English with summaries in German and Spanish

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