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Peter Rice

Irish engineer.
Born on 16 January 1935
in 52 Castle Road Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
Deceased on 25 October 1992
in London, England, United Kingdom
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Associated with the following firms:

Formerly
 
Ove Arup & Partners
Founder 
RFR Ingénieurs / Consulting Engineers

Biography
1960 - 1960
As employee of Ove Arup & Partners participates in the construction of the Sydney Opera House
1973 - 1977
Chief engineer for the design and construction of the Pompidou Center
1981
Founds RFR in Paris

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
 
Kansai International Airport Terminal (1994) 2
Lloyd's Building (1986) 48
Patscenter 
Concept designer 
Padre Pio Church (2004) 4
Designer 
Roof of the Richelieu Wing's Interior Courts at the Louvre (1993) 10
Structural engineer 
Clouds of the Great Arch of La Défense (1989) 19
Pavillion of the Future (1992)
 
Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV Station (1995)
Engineer 
Chur Railway and Bus Station Roof (1992) 2
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1986) 7green houses
Georges Pompidou Center (1977) 14
Lille Cathedral  91

Bibliography
* Baboulet, Luc   Peter Rice, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191052, 1999.
* Rice, Peter   La charpente primaire du centre Beaubourg à Paris, in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", September 1975 v. 40 .
* Rice, Peter   An Engineer Imagines, Ellipsis London Press, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 1899858113, 1998.
* Rice, Peter   Le verre structurel, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , 1995.

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Relevant Literature
* Baboulet, Luc   Peter Rice, Editions Le Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281191052, 1999.
* Brown, Andre   Peter Rice, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727727702, 2000.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 416-8.
* Vaudeville, Bernard   Peter Rice - "Engineer by Accident", in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 1999, n. 4 v. 39 .

 
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