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1950
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Graduates from the Federal Technological Institute (ETH) Zurich;
Becomes assistant to Professor Pierre Lardy |
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1954
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| Opens his own office in Burgdorf |
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1956
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| Sells concept of pneumatic shells |
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1961
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| Conceives of a doubly-curved geometric shell for the Wyss Garden center |
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1968
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| Builds first structures based on suspension method where the forms for shells are found by hanging and fixating cloth |
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Isler, Heinz Concrete Shells Derived from Experimental Shapes, in
"Structural Engineering International", August 1994, n. 3 v. 4 .
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Isler, Heinz New Shapes for Shells - Twenty Years After, in
"Journal of the International Association for Shell Structures", September 1979, n. 71 .
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Isler, Heinz Shell Structures: Candela in America and What We Did in Europe, in
Seven Structural Engineers ; pp. 86-101.
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Billington, David P. The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy, Yale University Press, New Haven (USA) , ISBN 0300097867, 2003.
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Billington, David P. Thin Shell Concrete Structures (2nd edition), McGraw-Hill, Englewood Cliffs (USA) , ISBN 0070052794, 1990; pp. 330-339.
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 222-246.
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Chilton, John Heinz Isler, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727728784, 2000.
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Marti, Peter Heinz Isler - 80 Jahre, in
"Beton- und Stahlbetonbau", July 2006, n. 7 v. 101 .
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 240-1.
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Ramm, Ekkehard Heinz Isler Schalen, Karl-Krämer-Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3782814924, 1986.
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Trautz, Martin Formfindung versus Formgebung, in
"Bauwelt", 28 May 2004 v. 95 .
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