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ZIN Product Number: 10058319
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 Format: Hardcover, 188 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300080476
Release Date: Jan 4, 2000
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Othmar Ammann's name may be unfamiliar, but the six magnificent New York bridges he created are known to all: George Washington, Bayonne, Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, and Verrazzano-Narrows. Ammann's long-span bridges came to define an epoch and shape the modern New York metropolis. This book is the first to examine the genius of Ammann and the special group of bridges he designed and engineered as part of the New York region's interstate highway system. With more than 200 archival photographs, the book vividly displays the physical transformation of New York, the development of long-span suspension structures, the construction process of each bridge, and the spectacular completed bridges.
Widely considered the greatest American bridge designer of the twentieth century, Swiss-born Ammann (1879-1965) gained experience designing railroad bridges in Pennsylvania before beginning his work in New York City. This book considers the artistic, scientific, and technical achievements embodied in the six major bridges Ammann produced between 1925 and 1964, as well as the bridges' impact on the city. The book features an illustrated and annotated list of all Ammann's built and unbuilt projects and a glossary of technical terms.
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"Six Bridges is a wonderful testament to the career and work of Othmar Ammann, one of the greatest bridge engineers of the twentieth century. The book's numerous illustrations -- design sketches, construction photographs, and dramatic views -- show his New York bridges in a fresh light." --Henry Petroski, A.S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University, and author of Engineers of Dreams. "Othmar Annamm is a name hardly known today, yet he belongs in the pantheon of great Americans. His bridges are among the most heroic structures ever built anywhere, as Darl Rastorfer superbly shows. This beautiful book could not be more welcome." --David McCullough —Yale University Press
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DARL RASTORFER is director of Projects in the Design Arts, Inc., a New York-based nonprofit educational organization. He is curator for the Cooper Hewitt Museum exhibition Six Bridges: The Making of the New York Megalopolis that is showing in galleries across the country.
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