structures - names and buildings

Question 1

felix candela

Answer 1

1910-1997
Spani/Mexico
thin-shell concrete and hyperbolic paraboloids

Question 2

gustave eiffel

Answer 2

1832-1923
france
rational structure > architectural beauty
railroad stations and bridges

Question 3

eugene freyssinet

Answer 3

1879-1962
french
prestressed concrete pioneer
bridges and WWII airplane hangars

Question 4

fazlur kahn

Answer 4

1930-1982
SOM; pakistani
John Hancock and Sears Tower

Question 5

robert maillart

Answer 5

1872-1940
swiss
aesthetic and technical potential of reinforced concrete
bridges

Question 6

pier luigi nervi

Answer 6

1891-1979
italy
concrete shells
technical and beautiful

Question 7

john roebling

washington roebling

Answer 7

1806-1869
1837-1926
pioneers in suspension bridges
Brooklyn Bridge

Question 8

eduardo torroja

Answer 8

1899-1961
spain
concrete shell
zarzuela racetrack

Question 9

othmar ammann

Answer 9

swiss-american

bridges

Question 10

benjamin baker

Answer 10

forth bridge, scotland

Question 11

santiago calatrava

Answer 11

spanish

artistic bridges and buildings

Question 12

horst berger and frei otto

Answer 12

tent structures

Question 13

james eads

Answer 13

eads bridge over mississippi - first major steel structure

Question 14

buckminster fuller

Answer 14

geodesic dome inventor

Question 15

david geiger

Answer 15

pioneer of pneumatic structures

Question 16

william le baron jenny

Answer 16

pioneer of steel frame buildings

Question 17

t.y. lin

Answer 17

master of prestressed concrete

Question 18

elisha graves otis

Answer 18

first safe passenger elevator

Question 19

aguste perret

Answer 19

french

father of reinforced concrete

Question 20

thomas telford

Answer 20

scottish

iron bridges