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Eladio Dieste

Born on 10 December 1917
in Artigas, Uruguay
Deceased on 29 July 2000
in Montevideo, Uruguay
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Formerly
 
Christiani & Nielsen
Founder 
Dieste & Montañez

Biography
1943
Graduates from the civil engineering faculty in Montevideo.
1944 - 1947
Engineer for the Dirección de Vialidad at the Ministerio de Obras Públicas (MTOP). Bridge projects.
1944 - 1965
Professor for Theoretical Mechanics at the Engineering Faculty of Montevideo.
1945 - 1948
Engineer at Christiani & Nielsen.
1945 - 1948
Chief of the technical office of the Dirección de Arquitectura at the Ministry of Public Works in Uruguay.
1949 - 1958
Engineering director at the firm of Pilotaje Viermond.
1953 - 1973
Professor for Bridges and Large-Scale Structures at the Faculty of Engineering in Montevideo.
1958
Atlantida Church.
1971 - 1973
Director of Taller de Ingeniería Civil (Seminario de Proyectos de Investigación) at the Faculty of Engineering in Montevideo.
1975
Warehouses at the port of Montevideo
1991
Premio América for his overall achievements.

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
Design 
Agroindustria Massaro (1978)
Atlántida Church (1960) 5
Autopalace (1964)
Casa Dieste (1963)
Conjunto parroquial San Juan de Ávila (1999) 2
Envasadora de Cítricos Caputto (1972)
Envasadora de Cítricos Caputto (1987)
Estacíon de servicio Barbieri y Leggire (1976)
Gimnasio Colegio don Bosco (1983)
Gimnasio Durazno (1975)
Hangares del centro de mantenimiento del Metro (1979)
Iglesia de San Pedro de Durazno (1971) 2
Julio Herrera & Obes Warehouses (1979)
Mercado de Porto Alegre - Pavilion of Producers (1972)
Parador Ayui (1976)
Refrescos del Norte (1980)
Salto Bus Terminal (1974) 1
Salto Water Tower (1979)
Silo horizontal de la Cooperative Agropecuaria de Young Limitada (1978)
TEM Montevideo (1962)
Torre de communicaciones para televisión - Telesistemas Uruguayos (1986)
Engineer 
Fagar Bottling Plant (1997)

Bibliography
* Dieste, Eladio   Depósito Julio Herrera y Obes en el puerto de Montevideo, Obradoiro, Col. Oficial Arquitectos de Galicia, N 11, 03/1985.
* Dieste, Eladio   La estructura cerámica, Ediciones Escala, Bogotá (Colombia) , 1987.
* Dieste, Eladio   Pandeo de láminas de doble curvatura, Ediciones de la banda oriental, Montevideo (Uruguay) , 1985.

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External LinkiCivilEngineer: Eladio Dieste English
External LinkPatrimonio Arquitectónico Chileno y LatinoAmerciano: Eladio Dieste Spanish
External LinkRed Académica Uruguaya: Eladio Dieste Spanish
External LinkUruguay en la Coyuntura: Eladio Dieste Spanish
External LinkVitruvio: Eladio Dieste English

Relevant Literature
* Dieste, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Edicions UPC, Barcelona (Spain) , 1999.
* Eladio Dieste gestorben, in "Bautechnik", November 2000, n. 11 v. 77 .
* Anderson, Stanford   Eladio Dieste: A Principled Builder, in Seven Structural Engineers ; pp. 30-47.
* Barthel, Rainer   Eladio Dieste, Verlag Das Beispiel, Darmstadt (Germany) , ISBN 393524309X, 2001.
* Diehl, K.-L.   Die bewehrten Ziegelschalen von Eladio Dieste, in "Bautechnik", June 1992, n. 6 v. 69 .
* Larrambebere, Gonzalo   Ein Nachruf auf Eladio Dieste, in "Mauerwerk", 2001, n. 5 v. 5 .
* Naselli, Cesar   Diez Arquitectos Latinoamericanos, Consejería de Obras Públicas y Transporte, Dirección Gral. de Arquitectura y Vivienda, Sevilla (Spain) , 1989; pp. 150-169.
* Pedreschi, Remo   Eladio Dieste, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727727729, 2000.
* Pedreschi, Remo   The Structural Behaviour and Design of Free-Standing Barrel Vaults of Eladio Dieste, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 147.

 
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