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Eduardo Torroja y Miret

Spanish Engineer.
Born on 27 August 1899
in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Deceased on 15 June 1961
in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Formerly
Founder 
Torroja Ingeniería, S.L.

Biography
1923
Diploma in civil engineering
1925
Roof for the Zarzuela Hippodrome
1929
Tempul Aqueduct
1933
Algeciras Market Hall
1936
Water reservoir for Madrid
1939
Professor, Escuela de Caminos in Madrid;
Director of the Instituto Técnico de la Construcción y del Cemento
1959
Crée la International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Design 
Aire Viaduct (1933)
Alloz Aqueduct (1939) 2
Amzez Bridge (1961)
Canelles Dam (1956)
Chapel of the Holy Spirit (1953) 1
Cuatro Vientos Hangar (1949)
Dar Drius Bridge (1961)
Fedala Reservoir (1957) 2
Frontón Recoletos (1935)
Las Corts Stadium Grandstand (1943)
Martín Gil Viaduct (1942) 2
Muga Bridge (1939) 1
Pedrido Bridge (1940) 1
Quince Ojos Viaduct (1933) 7
Sebou Bridge (1961)
Tempul Aqueduct (1926) 1
Tordera Bridge (1939) 1
Engineer 
Algeciras Market Hall (1934) 2
Añorga Fronton Roof (1949) 2
Chapel of the Ascension (1952) 2
Gandia Church (1961) 2
Hospital Clinico (1934) 1
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja - Coal Silo (1951) 1
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja - Dining Hall (1951) 1
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja - Experimental Center (1951)
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja - Main building (1948) 1
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja - Pergola (1948) 1
Pont de Suert Church (1952) 2
Universidad Laboral de Tarragona - Dining Hall (1959) 2
Zarzuela Hippodrome (1935) 2
Consulting 
Church of Saints Felix and Regula (1951) 2

Participation in the following large-scale projects
Role, name of project (year of completion)Structure part
Engineer 
Instituto Técnico de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (1951) 4

Bibliography
* Torroja, Eduardo   Las estucturas de Eduardo Torroja, CEDEX-CEHOPU-Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8449804302, 1999.
* Torroja, Eduardo   The Structures of Eduardo Torroja, Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8449804620, 2000.
* Torroja y Miret, Eduardo   Philosophy of Structures, University of California Press, Los Angeles (USA) , 1958.
* Torroja y Miret, Eduardo   Razon y Ser de los Tipos Estructurales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid (Spain) , 1960.
* Torroja y Miret, Eduardo   The Structures of Eduardo Torroja, F. W. Douglas Corp., New York (USA) , 1958.

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External LinkALOSS: Eduardo Torroja English
External LinkarchINFORM: Eduardo Torroja y Miret English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkInternational Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) English
External LinkLaboratorio Central de Estructuras y Materiales: Eduardo Torroja y Miret Spanish

Relevant Literature
* Antuña, Joaquín   The Evolution of the Work of Eduaro Torroja, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
* Antuña Bernardo, Joaquin   Prestressed Constructions without Steel, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 183-188.
* Chilton, John   Heinz Isler, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727728784, 2000.
* Fernández Ordóñez, José Antonio   Eduardo Torroja, Ediciones Pronaos, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8485941403, 1999.
* Ochsendorf, John   Eduardo Torroja and «Cerámica Armada», presented at First International Congress on Construction History, Madrid, 20-24.01.2003.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 506-7.
* Ricken, Herbert   Der Bauingenieur, Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin (Germany) , ISBN 3345002663, 1994; pp. 232-3.
* Rüsch, H.   Eduardo Torroja, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", August 1961, n. 8 v. 56 .
* Torroja, Eduardo   The Structures of Eduardo Torroja, Ministerio de Fomento, Madrid (Spain) , ISBN 8449804620, 2000.
* Torroja y Miret, Eduardo   Philosophy of Structures, University of California Press, Los Angeles (USA) , 1958.

 
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