Heinz Isler
Biographical Information
| Name: | Heinz Isler |
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| Born on | 26 July 1926 in Zollikon, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe |
| Deceased on | 20 June 2009 in Berne, Berne, Switzerland, Europe |
| 1950 | Graduates from the Federal Technological Institute (ETH) Zurich; |
| 1954 | Opens his own office in Burgdorf |
| 1956 | Sells concept of pneumatic shells |
| 1961 | Conceives of a doubly-curved geometric shell for the Wyss Garden center |
| 1968 | Builds first structures based on suspension method where the forms for shells are found by hanging and fixating cloth |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
designer
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badi brugg
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Blaser Swisslube AG
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Brühl Sports Center
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Café-Restaurant Wiesentalstrasse
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Centro Coop
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Church of the Holy Spirit
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Coop Distribution Center
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Deitingen Service Station
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Düdingen Sports Center - Tennis Hall
- Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt
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Heimberg Swimming Pool
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Heimberg Tennis Hall
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Hotel Splendide Royal - Swimming Pool
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La Tène Tennis Center
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Migros Supermarket
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Norwich Sports Village Hotel
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Tennishalle Grenchen AG
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Truffaut Plaisir
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Truffaut Villeparisis
engineer
structural engineer
Bibliography
- Concrete Shells Derived from Experimental Shapes, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1994, n. 3 v. 4
- New Shapes for Shells - Twenty Years After, in "Journal of the International Association for Shell Structures", September 1979, n. 71
- Shell Structures: Candela in America and What We Did in Europe, in Seven Structural Engineers; pp. 86-101
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- Working with Heinz Isler, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy, Yale University Press, New Haven (USA), ISBN 0300097867, 2003
- The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA), ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 222-246
- Thin Shell Concrete Structures (2nd edition), McGraw-Hill, Englewood Cliffs (USA), ISBN 0070052794, 1990; pp. 330-339
- Heinz Isler: From Delft to Princeton and Beyond, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Heinz Isler, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom), ISBN 0727728784, 2000
- Heinz Isler: Shells for two churches, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Heinz Isler gestorben, in "Bautechnik", August 2009, n. 8 v. 86
- Heinz Isler - 80 Jahre, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", July 2006, n. 7 v. 101
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 240-1
- Heinz Isler Shells – The Priority of Form, presented at 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures, London, September 2011.
- Heinz Isler Schalen, Karl-Krämer-Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3782814924, 1986
- Formfindung versus Formgebung, in "Bauwelt", 28 May 2004 v. 95