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Heinz Isler

Born on 26 July 1926
in Zollikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Deceased on 20 June 2009
in Berne, Berne, Switzerland
Heinz Isler
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Biography
1950
Graduates from the Federal Technological Institute (ETH) Zurich;
Becomes assistant to Professor Pierre Lardy
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

Participation in the following structures
Role, name of structure (year of completion)Structure part
 
Bürgi Garden Center (1973) 5
Sicli Company Building (1970) 1
Wyss Garden Center (1961) 2
Design 
badi brugg (1981) 2
Blaser Swisslube AG (1973) 3
Brühl Sports Center (1982) 2
Café-Restaurant Wiesentalstrasse (1975) 4
Centro Coop (1963) 1
Church of the Holy Spirit (1967) 2
Coop Distribution Center (1960) 3
Deitingen Service Station (1968) 4
Düdingen Sports Center - Tennis Hall (1978) 2
Heimberg Swimming Pool (1978) 1
Heimberg Tennis Hall (1978) 2
Hotel Splendide Royal - Swimming Pool (1972) 2
La Tène Tennis Center (1983) 2
Migros Supermarket (1964) 1
Norwich Sports Village Hotel (1991) 3
Tennishalle Grenchen AG (1978) 4
Truffaut Plaisir (1966) 2
Truffaut Villeparisis (1977) 4
Structural engineering 
Aichtal Outdoor Theater (1977) 6
Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme (ENSA) (1974) 3
Haus Balz (1980) 1
Richard Bozon Sports Center - Swimming Pool (1971) 1
Swiss Air Force Museum (1987) 5
Theater unter den Kuppeln (1990)
Engineer 
Chamonix Library  1

Bibliography
* Isler, Heinz   Concrete Shells Derived from Experimental Shapes, in "Structural Engineering International", August 1994, n. 3 v. 4 .
* Isler, Heinz   New Shapes for Shells - Twenty Years After, in "Journal of the International Association for Shell Structures", September 1979, n. 71 .
* Isler, Heinz   Shell Structures: Candela in America and What We Did in Europe, in Seven Structural Engineers ; pp. 86-101.

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External LinkBösiger: Heinz Isler German
External LinkiCivilEngineer: Heinz Isler English

Relevant Literature
* Billington, David P.   The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy, Yale University Press, New Haven (USA) , ISBN 0300097867, 2003.
* Billington, David P.   Thin Shell Concrete Structures (2nd edition), McGraw-Hill, Englewood Cliffs (USA) , ISBN 0070052794, 1990; pp. 330-339.
* Billington, David P.   The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 222-246.
* Chilton, John   Heinz Isler, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727728784, 2000.
* Marti, Peter   Heinz Isler - 80 Jahre, in "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", July 2006, n. 7 v. 101 .
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 240-1.
* Ramm, Ekkehard   Heinz Isler Schalen, Karl-Krämer-Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3782814924, 1986.
* Trautz, Martin   Formfindung versus Formgebung, in "Bauwelt", 28 May 2004 v. 95 .

 
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