Everything about Eduardo Torroja totally explained
Eduardo Torroja y Miret, (1899-1961)
Spanish structural engineer and
architect, pioneer in the design of
concrete-
shell structures. His first large project was the Tempul
cable-stayed aqueduct in 1926, Guadalete, Jerez de la Frontera, in which he used prestressed girders, and he made his name with the
concrete shell-roof at the Algeciras Market Hall (1933). Eduardo Torroja designed
thin-shell water tower in Fedala and the roof of hippodrome "Zarzuela" in the form of
hyperboloid of revolution.
He also used steel with great élan, as at the roof of the Football Stadium,
Barcelona (1943). He designed innovative structures in numerous parts of the
world, including
Morocco and
Latin America. His books include
Philosophy of Structures (1958) and
The Structures of Eduardo Torroja (1958).
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